Antique vs Historic - What's the difference?
antique | historic |
Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 (label) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
(label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
Having importance or significance in history.
Belonging to the past; historical (see note below).
As adjectives the difference between antique and historic
is that antique is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date while historic is having importance or significance in history.As a noun antique
is an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.As a verb antique
is to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.antique
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Adjective
(er)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
Verb
(antiqu)External links
* * English retronyms ----historic
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Alternative forms
* historick (obsolete) * hystoric (nonstandard)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* The rule that "an" is used before vowel sounds is confounded by the wide variety in pronunciation (particularly regional) of the sometimes-silent h''. For example, in the United States, the ''h generally is not silent. (See s for more details.) * Modern convention makes a distinction between historic''''' and '''''historical''''', although the two words are variants and have shared the same meanings for much of their history. '''''Historic''''' means "very important in history or having a long history", while '''''historical''''' refers to people who lived or events that occurred in the past, or refers to things that are connected with or found in the past. For example, a '''historic event''' is an important event of history, while a ' historical event is any event that happened in the past, whether important or not. *: July 4, 1776 is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day. *: The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.Antonyms
* unhistoricDerived terms
* historical * posthistoricReferences
*Words @ Random*
The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.*
Paul Brians Common Errors in English Usage*
English Plus+*
The UVic Writer's Guide*
Garbl's Writing Center