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Anthology vs Chronicle - What's the difference?

anthology | chronicle |

As nouns the difference between anthology and chronicle

is that anthology is a collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories while chronicle is a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

As a verb chronicle is

to record in or as in a chronicle.

anthology

English

(wikipedia anthology)

Noun

(anthologies)
  • A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
  • (by extension) An assortment of things.

    • Derived terms

    () * anthologize * anthologizer

    Related terms

    * florilegium

    chronicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
  • *
  • *:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle .

    Synonyms

    * (account of events and when they happened) annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version

    Verb

  • To record in or as in a chronicle.

    • Synonyms

    * (record in a chronicle) record