The difference between Account and History

When used as nouns, account means a registry of pecuniary transactions, whereas history means the aggregate of past events.

When used as verbs, account means to present an account of, whereas history means to narrate or record.

check bellow for the other definitions of Account and History

  1. Account as a noun (accounting):

    A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

  2. Account as a noun (banking):

    A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.

    Examples:

    "to keep one's account at the bank."

  3. Account as a noun:

    A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

    Examples:

    "No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena."

  4. Account as a noun:

    A reason, grounds, consideration, motive.

    Examples:

    "on no account"

    "on every account"

    "on all accounts"

  5. Account as a noun (business):

    A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.

  6. Account as a noun:

    A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description.

    Examples:

    "An account of a battle."

  7. Account as a noun:

    An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.

  8. Account as a noun:

    Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.

  9. Account as a noun:

    An authorization to use a service.

    Examples:

    "I've opened an account with Wikipedia so that I can contribute and partake in the project."

  10. Account as a noun (archaic):

    A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.

  11. Account as a noun:

    Profit; advantage.

  1. Account as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To provide explanation. To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. To estimate, consider (something to be as described). To consider . To give a satisfactory evaluation financial transactions, money received etc. To give a satisfactory evaluation (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer . To give a satisfactory reason ; to explain. To establish the location someone. To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ ).

    Examples:

    "An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received."

    "We must account for the use of our opportunities."

    "Idleness accounts for poverty."

    "After the crash, not all passengers were accounted for."

  2. Account as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):

    To count. To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). To count (up), enumerate. To recount, relate (a narrative etc.).

  1. History as a noun:

    The aggregate of past events.

    Examples:

    "'History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes."

  2. History as a noun:

    The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.

    Examples:

    "He teaches history at the university. History will not look kindly on these tyrants. He dreams of an invention that will make history."

  3. History as a noun (countable):

    A set of events involving an entity.

    Examples:

    "What is your medical history? The family's history includes events best forgotten."

  4. History as a noun (countable):

    A record or narrative description of past events.

    Examples:

    "I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories."

  5. History as a noun (countable, medicine):

    A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

    Examples:

    "A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy. He has a history of cancer in his family."

  6. History as a noun (countable, computing):

    A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

    Examples:

    "I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history."

  7. History as a noun (informal):

    Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.

    Examples:

    "I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history."

  8. History as a noun (uncountable):

    Shared experience or interaction.

    Examples:

    "There is too much history between them for them to split up now."

    "He has had a lot of history with the police."

  1. History as a verb (obsolete):

    To narrate or record.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

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