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A Guy Critical (Male, 36-45, Self-Employed) asked:


what is the difference between the words historic and historical?


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A Guy Critical (Male, 22-25, Administrative) answered:

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A Career Man (Male, Newark, 26-28, Financial / Banking) answered:

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Historical normally means having taken place in history or from the past or having to do with history.
Historic means having significance in history. It usually refers to an event or person.
Historically is the adverb form of both words.


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A Thinker (Female, San Diego, 29-35, Other Profession) answered:

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Historic: Will be remembered/go down in history. "Historic event".

Historical: Relating to history. About people and things relating to the past. "Historical novel"

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A Creative (Female, San Francisco, 29-35, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

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The sentence you use them in...

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A Father Figure (Male, Boston, 46-55, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

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The letters "a" and "l".

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