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Historical vs Palatinate - What's the difference?

historical | palatinate |

As adjectives the difference between historical and palatinate

is that historical is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past while palatinate is of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate.

As nouns the difference between historical and palatinate

is that historical is a historical romance while palatinate is a territory ruled by a palatine.

As a proper noun Palatinate is

{{context|lang=en|geography|historical}} Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly.

historical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.
  • Usage notes

    * * See the usage notes about (m) for more.

    Synonyms

    * historic

    Derived terms

    * ahistorical * art-historical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A historical romance.
  • * 1999 , Anne K. Kaler, Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, Romantic Conventions , page 63:
  • However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.

    palatinate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A territory ruled by a palatine
  • A native or inhabitant of such a territory
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate
  • Derived terms

    * palatinate blue * palatinate purple