The difference between Chronicle and Story

When used as nouns, chronicle means a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time, whereas story means a sequence of real or fictional events.

When used as verbs, chronicle means to record in or as in a chronicle, whereas story means to tell as a story.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chronicle and Story

  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. Story as a noun:

    A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.

    Examples:

    "The book tells the story of two roommates."

  2. Story as a noun:

    A lie, fiction.

    Examples:

    "You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?"

  3. Story as a noun (US, colloquial, usually pluralized):

    A soap opera.

    Examples:

    "What will she do without being able to watch her stories?"

  4. Story as a noun (obsolete):

    History.

  5. Story as a noun:

    A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

    Examples:

    "What's the story with him?"

    "I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened."

    "The images it captured help tell a story of extreme loss: 25 percent of its ice and four of its 19 glaciers have disappeared since 1957. [[File:The images it captured help tell a story.ogg]]"

  6. Story as a noun (Internet, {{w, Snapchat):

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  1. Story as a verb:

    To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

  1. Story as a noun (obsolete):

    A building or edifice.

  2. Story as a noun (chiefly, _, US):

    A floor or level of a building; a storey.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: floor level"

    "Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator."

  3. Story as a noun (typography):

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