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Archives vs Archive - What's the difference?

archives | archive |

As nouns the difference between archives and archive

is that archives is plural of lang=en while archive is a place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

As verbs the difference between archives and archive

is that archives is third-person singular of archive while archive is to put into an archive.

archives

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (archive)
    • Wikipedia archives some biographies.
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    archive

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  • The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
    • His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

    Derived terms

    () * archival * archivist * national archive

    Verb

    (archiv)
  • To put into an archive.
    • I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.