written account vs log

log vs written account

written account and log both are nouns.

written account is not a verb while log is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
written account	Yes	No	No	No
log	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, log is a hyponym of written account; that is, log is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than written account:

written account: a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
log: a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

Other hyponyms of written account include blotter, charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, casebook, chronology, dossier, entry, note, paper trail, timecard, time sheet, copy, transcript, register, registry, minutes, proceedings, transactions, minute book, statute book, interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version, worksheet.

written account (noun)	log (noun)
a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events	measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
	a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
	the exponent required to produce a given number
	a written record of messages sent or received
	a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

written account (verb)	log (verb)
	enter into a log, as on ships and planes
	cut lumber, as in woods and forests

Difference between written account and log

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