The difference between Historical and Past

When used as nouns, historical means a historical romance, whereas past means the period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

When used as adjectives, historical means of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. about history, whereas past means having already happened.

Past is also preposition with the meaning: beyond in place, quantity or time.

Past is also adverb with the meaning: in a direction that passes.

check bellow for the other definitions of Historical and Past

  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.

  1. Past as a noun:

    The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

    Examples:

    "a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past"

  2. Past as a noun (grammar):

    The past tense.

  1. Past as an adjective:

    Having already happened; in the past; finished.

    Examples:

    "'past glories"

  2. Past as an adjective (postmodifier):

    Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.

  3. Past as an adjective:

    Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.

    Examples:

    "during the past year"

  4. Past as an adjective (grammar):

    Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

    Examples:

    "'past tense"

  1. Past as an adverb:

    in a direction that passes

    Examples:

    "synonyms by"

    "I watched him walk past"

  2. Past as an adverb:

    Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.

    Examples:

    "Ignore them, we'll play past them."

    "Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there."

  1. Past as a preposition:

    Beyond in place, quantity or time.

    Examples:

    "the room past mine"

    "count past twenty"

    "past midnight"

  2. Past as a preposition:

    No longer capable of.

    Examples:

    "I'm past caring what he thinks of me."

  3. Past as a preposition:

    Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).

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