As nouns the difference between chronicle and chron
is that chronicle is a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time while chron is (geology) a period of time between two.
As a verb chronicle
is to record in or as in a chronicle.
chronicle
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
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*: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
chron
Noun
(
en noun)
(geology) A period of time between two .
Derived terms
* chronozone
* subchron
* superchron 