As nouns the difference between chronicle and odyssey
is that chronicle is a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time while odyssey is an extended adventurous voyage.
As a verb chronicle
is to record in or as in a chronicle.
As a proper noun Odyssey is
an epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.
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
odyssey
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An extended adventurous voyage.
An intellectual or spiritual quest.
