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Depository vs Archive - What's the difference?

depository | archive |

As a noun depository

is a place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping or preservation; a repository.

As a verb archive is

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depository

English

Noun

(depositories)
  • A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping or preservation; a repository.
  • A trustee; a depositary.

    • Antonyms

    * nondepository

    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.