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What is the difference between ahistorical and historical?

ahistorical | historical |

Historical is a derived term of ahistorical.



As adjectives the difference between ahistorical and historical

is that ahistorical is lacking historical perspective or context while historical is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

As a noun historical is

a historical romance.

ahistorical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking historical perspective or context.

    • historical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

    • Usage notes

    * * See the usage notes about (m) for more.

    Synonyms

    * historic

    Derived terms

    * ahistorical * art-historical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A historical romance.
  • * 1999 , Anne K. Kaler, Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, Romantic Conventions , page 63:
    • However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.