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Rimma Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Hello there,

One more question, please:

What is the difference between "historic" and "historical"?
Can you give some examples, please? How can I tell them apart?

Thanks a lot.
  

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q=historic : 2 Historic and historical are used in slightly different ways. Historic means ‘famous or important in history’, as in a historic occasion , whereas historical means ‘concerning history or historical events’, as in historical evidence : thus a historic event is one that was very important, whereas a historical event is something that happened in the past. Prajwal

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  • q=historic : 2 Historic and historical are used in slightly different ways.
  • Historic means ‘famous or important in history’, as in a historic occasion , whereas historical means ‘concerning history or historical events’, as in historical evidence : thus a historic event is one that was very important, whereas a historical event is something that happened in the past.
  • Prajwal
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Hi
From http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/historic?q=historic :

2 Historic and historical are used in slightly different ways. Historic means ‘famous or imp
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