Chronological vs Alphabetical - What's the difference?
chronological | alphabetical |
In order of time from the earliest to the latest
* 8 November 2014 , Kirsty Gunn in The Guardian'', ''
In units of time.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
* 1986 , Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman ?, page 486
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
(obsolete) literal
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between chronological and alphabetical
is that chronological is in order of time from the earliest to the latest while alphabetical is pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.chronological
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Book of Death and Fish by Ian Stephen – review
- A Book of Death and Fish'' is about one Peter MacAulay, an unremarkable individual who has the sea and its promises alwayus with him, experiencing the usual strains of growing up and growing old – the death of a friend, his parents, marriage and children – all set out in chronological order and divided into two books, Migration and Turbulence.
- He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.
Usage notes
* In the "units of time" sense, the term is almost exclusively used to clarify a contrast.References
alphabetical
English
Adjective
(-)- Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- Alphabetical servility.
