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historical | philology |

As nouns the difference between historical and philology

is that historical is a historical romance while philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics.

As an adjective historical

is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

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.

    philology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia philology)
  • (linguistics) The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

    • Derived terms

    * classical philology * cognitive philology * comparative philology * philologer * philological * philologically * philologist * textual philology

    Related terms

    * philosophy * classical studies

    See also

    * higher criticism * literary criticism * lower criticism * textual criticism

    External links

    * (wikipedia "philology") English words suffixed with -ology