Contemporary vs. Historical
Contemporary and Historical Definitions
Contemporary
Belonging to the same period of time
A fact documented by two contemporary sources.
Historical
Of or relating to history; concerned with past events
A historical account.
Contemporary
Of about the same age.
Historical
Based on past events or set in the past
A historical novel.
Contemporary
Current; modern
Contemporary trends in design.
Historical
Used in or providing evidence of the past
Historical costumes.
Historical records.
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Contemporary
One of the same time or age
Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
Historical
Concerned with phenomena as they change through time
A historical dictionary.
Contemporary
A person of the present age.
Historical
Important or famous in history. See Usage Note at historic.
Contemporary
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Historical
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
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.
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Contemporary
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Historical
About history; depicting persons or events from history.
Contemporary
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
Historical
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Contemporary
Something existing at the same time.
Historical
Set in the past.
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Contemporary
(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
Historical
(uncommon) Former, erstwhile; lapsed, nominal.
Contemporary
Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.
Historical
(grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
Contemporary
Of the same age; coeval.
A grove born with himself he sees,And loves his old contemporary trees.
Historical
Synonym of hereditaryor evolutionary.
Contemporary
One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
Historical
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
The Royal Historical Society
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Contemporary
A person of nearly the same age as another.
Historical
Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
Contemporary
A person of nearly the same age as another
Historical
(uncommon) historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
Contemporary
Characteristic of the present;
Contemporary trends in design
The role of computers in modern-day medicine
Historical
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
Contemporary
Belonging to the present time;
Contemporary leaders
Historical
A historical romance.
Contemporary
Occurring in the same period of time;
A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Historical
Of or relating to the study of history;
Historical scholars
A historical perspective
Historical
Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary;
The historical Jesus
Doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
Actual historical events
Historical
Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past;
Historic victories
Historical (or historic) times
A historical character
Historical
Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time;
Diachronic linguistics
