The difference between Contemporary and Historical

When used as nouns, contemporary means someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another, whereas historical means a historical romance.

When used as adjectives, contemporary means from the same time period, coexistent in time, whereas historical means of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. about history.

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  1. Contemporary as an adjective:

    From the same time period, coexistent in time.

  2. Contemporary as an adjective:

    Modern, of the present age.

  1. Contemporary as a noun:

    Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

    Examples:

    "Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare."

    "The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries."

  2. Contemporary as a noun (dated):

    Something existing at the same time. A rival newspaper or magazine.

  1. Historical as an adjective (literature, art):

    Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. About history; depicting persons or events from history.

    Examples:

    "July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day."

    "The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic."

  2. Historical as an adjective (literature, art):

    Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally. Set in the past. Former, erstwhile; lapsed, nominal. One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense). or evolutionary.

  3. Historical as an adjective (uncommon):

    Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history. Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method. : important or likely to be important to history and historians.

    Examples:

    "The Royal Historical Society"

    "The State Historical Society of Wisconsin"

  4. Historical as an adjective:

    Examples:

    "'historical-political"

  1. Historical as a noun:

    A historical romance.

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