written record vs log

log vs written record

written record and log both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Difference between written record and log

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