Historic:
Historic means famous or important in history. It means having influence on history.
Historical:
Historical means concerning history or past events. It is concerned with historical events.
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) |
Famous or important in history, or potentially so | Of or concerning history or past events |
| Synonyms | Significant, memorable, ancient, eventful, crucial | Existent, documentary, diachronic, narrative, authentic, past |
| Antonyms | Frivolous, immature, future day, fictional, unimportant | Legendary, ahistorical, designer, actual, mythical, synchronic |
| Word origin | The word historic was originated in Early 17th century (in the sense ‘relating to or in accordance with history’): via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’. | The word historic was originated in Early 17th century (in the sense ‘relating to or in accordance with history’): via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’. |
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