Historic vs. Historical
Difference Between Historic and Historical
Historicadjective
Having importance in or influence on history.
Historicaladjective
Of or relating to history; concerned with past events
a historical account.Historicadjective
Historical.
Historicaladjective
Based on past events or set in the past
a historical novel.Historicadjective
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
A historic opportunityJuly 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.Historicaladjective
Used in or providing evidence of the past
historical costumes.historical records.Historicadjective
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Historicaladjective
Concerned with phenomena as they change through time
a historical dictionary.Historicadjective
(now uncommon) lang=en: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
Historicaladjective
Important or famous in history. See Usage Note at historic.
Historicadjective
(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.Historicaladjective
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.Historicnoun
(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
Historicaladjective
About history; depicting persons or events from history.
Historicnoun
(obsolete) A historian.
Historicaladjective
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Historicadjective
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past;
historic victorieshistorical (or historic) timesa historical characterHistoricaladjective
Set in the past.
Historicadjective
important in history;
the historic first voyage to outer spaceHistoricaladjective
(uncommon) Former, erstwhile; lapsed, nominal.
Historicaladjective
(grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
Historicaladjective
synonym of hereditaryor evolutionary.
Historicaladjective
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
The Royal Historical SocietyThe State Historical Society of WisconsinHistoricaladjective
Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
Historicaladjective
(uncommon) lang=en: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
Historicaladjective
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
Historicalnoun
A historical romance.
Historicaladjective
of or relating to the study of history;
historical scholarsa historical perspectiveHistoricaladjective
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary;
the historical Jesusdoubt that a historical Camelot every existedactual historical eventsHistoricaladjective
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past;
historic victorieshistorical (or historic) timesa historical characterHistoricaladjective
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time;
diachronic linguistics
