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Attainment vs Archive - What's the difference?

attainment | archive |

As a noun attainment

is the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.

As a verb archive is

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attainment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
  • That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

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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.