record vs history

history vs record

record and history both are nouns.

record is a verb but history is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
record	Yes	No	Yes	No
history	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, history is a hyponym of record; that is, history is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than record:

record: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
history: a record or narrative description of past events

Other hyponyms of record include written account, written record, memorabilia, check stub, counterfoil, stub, data file, file, account, chronicle, story, working papers, public record.

record (noun)	history (noun)
an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)	the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
the sum of recognized accomplishments	all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove	a record or narrative description of past events
a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted	the aggregate of past events
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone	the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

record (verb)	history (verb)
make a record of; set down in permanent form
register electronically
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
be aware of

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