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Record is a related term of tale.


As nouns the difference between record and tale

is that record is record while tale is (de-form-noun).

record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
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    The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
    The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
    • We have no record of you making this payment to us.
  • A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
    • I still like records better than CDs.
  • (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
  • The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
    • The heat and humidity were both new records .
    The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
    Synonyms
    * log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)
    Derived terms
    * activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of information.
    • I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
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  • Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.
    • Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
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  • (legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
    • When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
  • (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
  • (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * W. Browne
    • whether the birds or she recorded best
  • * Fairfax
    • They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
  • (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
  • * Fuller
    • Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
    Derived terms
    * recordable * recorder * recording

    Antonyms

    * (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase

    tale

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to tell, talk.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Number.
  • (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
  • (obsolete) Speech; language.
  • (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
  • (legal, obsolete) A count; declaration.
  • (rare, or, archaic) Numbering; enumeration; reckoning; account; count.
  • * (John Dryden)
    • Both number twice a day the milky dams; And once she takes the tale of all the lambs.
  • (rare, or, archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
  • (rare, or, archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
  • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}
  • A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
  • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
  • * Hooker
    • the ignorant, who measure by tale , and not by weight
  • * Milton
    • And every shepherd tells his tale , / Under the hawthorn in the dale.
  • * Carew
    • In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
  • * 1843 (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 2, ch. 5, ''Twelfth Century
    • They proceeded with some rigour, these Custodiars; took written inventories, clapt-on seals, exacted everywhere strict tale and measure
  • (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark (sense 3.3) of a confidence game.
    • Derived terms
    * fairy tale / fairytale * folk tale / folktale * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * tall tale * telltale * tell tales * tell tales out of school

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) talen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (tal)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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