Most properly, there is no essential difference between "historic" and "historical", as both may be defined as "of or relating to the past". In actual usage, however, "historic" typically denotes an event of great importance, while "historical" denotes something that has simply taken place in the past.
Historical is an adjective.
The suffix in the word prehistoric is "ic" meaning like, of, or pertaining to.
from a view of history. Example: from historical viewpoint that was important.
An anthology usually has a compilation of different authors writing about the same topic, so if you found a historic anthology, you would have vary viewpoints about different historic events.
An anthology usually has a compilation of different authors writing about the same topic, so if you found a historic anthology, you would have vary viewpoints about different historic events.
The difference between 'historic' and 'historical' is that Historic refers to something "important," while Historical refers to something that relates to the past.
Simply put, not much. The words are often used interchangeably. If you want to be more specific, historic refers to important things in the past, while historical refers to anything in the past, regardless of its importance. For example: The Battle of Gettysburg is an historic event. I like to read historical novels.
The Alamo is a historic landmark because a battle between Mexico and America was fought there.The historic vehicle was carefully preserved in the museum.It was an historic event commemorated with a bronze plaque.
It has always been my my understanding that "an" should precede "historical" and "a" before "historic".
"The National Park Service currently manages 391 sites in the U.S. and its territories. 74 of these sites are classified as National Monuments." Technically, this doesn't answer the above question at all. Only the Cable Cars in San Francisco are considered a mobile national monument. But, again, technically, they aren't a monument. Instead, they are recognized as a national historic landmark.
Sometimes very dull, a historic fact is what really happened while a historic myth is lore. A story that is so old that generations of persons believe the lore to be true.
Historic, historical, histrionic
a historical point of view
Historical is an adjective.
Historical is an adjective.
historic recurrence
the significance of segregation was to show the difference between the people