The difference between Chronicle and Narration

When used as nouns, chronicle means a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time, whereas narration means the act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair.


Chronicle is also verb with the meaning: to record in or as in a chronicle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chronicle and Narration

  1. Chronicle as a noun:

    A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

  1. Chronicle as a verb:

    To record in or as in a chronicle.

  1. Narration as a noun:

    The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

  2. Narration as a noun:

    That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.

  3. Narration as a noun (rhetoric):

    That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.