Artifact vs. Relic
Difference Between Artifact and Relic
Artifactnoun
An object made or shaped by human hand.
Relicnoun
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
Artifactnoun
(archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
The dig produced many Roman artifacts.Relicnoun
Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
Artifactnoun
Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
Relicnoun
(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
Artifactnoun
A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process.Relicverb
To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
Artifactnoun
(biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
Relicnoun
an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
Artifactnoun
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Relicnoun
something of sentimental value
Artifactnoun
(computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.
This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has too many unsightly compression artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.Artifactnoun
a man-made object taken as a whole
