History vs. Log: What's the Difference?
History and Log Definitions
History
A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events
A history of the Vikings.
Log
A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree.
History
A formal written account of related natural phenomena
A history of volcanoes.
Log
A long thick section of trimmed, unhewn timber.
History
A record of a patient's general medical background
Took the patient's history.
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Log
A device trailed from a ship to determine its speed through the water.
History
An established condition or pattern of behavior
An inmate with a history of mental illness and drug abuse.
Log
A record of a ship's speed, its progress, and any shipboard events of navigational importance.
History
The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events
"History has a long-range perspective" (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn).
Log
The book in which this record is kept.
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History
The past events relating to a particular thing
The history of their rivalry is full of intrigue.
Log
A record of a vehicle's performance, as the flight record of an aircraft.
History
The aggregate of past events or human affairs
Basic tools used throughout history.
Log
A record, as of the performance of a machine or the progress of an undertaking
A computer log.
A trip log.
History
An interesting past
A house with history.
Log
A logarithm.
History
Something that belongs to the past
Their troubles are history now.
Log
To cut down, trim, and haul the timber of (a piece of land).
History
(Slang) One that is no longer worth consideration
Why should we worry about him? He's history!.
Log
To cut (timber) into unhewn sections.
History
A drama based on historical events
The histories of Shakespeare.
Log
To enter in a record, as of a ship or an aircraft.
History
The aggregate of past events.
History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
Log
To travel (a specified distance, time, or speed)
Logged 30,000 air miles in April.
History
The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
He teaches history at the university.
History will not look kindly on these tyrants.
He dreams of an invention that will make history.
Log
To spend or accumulate (time)
Had logged 25 years with the company.
History
The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
In all of human history and prehistory
In all recorded history
Log
To cut down, trim, and haul timber.
History
(countable) A set of events involving an entity.
What is your medical history?
The family's history includes events best forgotten.
A long and sordid history
Log
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
History
(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.
A short history of post-Columbian colonization
Log
Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
History
A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
He has a history of cancer in his family.
This diagnosis is usually based solely on the history and physical examination, although laboratory tests are occasionally also obtained.
Log
Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
History
A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.
Log
(nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
History
(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.
Log
(figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
History
(uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
There is too much history between them for them to split up now.
He has had a lot of history with the police.
Log
A heavy longboard.
History
(obsolete) To narrate or record.
Log
(figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
History
A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
Log
(mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
History
A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; - distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.
For aught that I could ever read,Could ever hear by tale or history.
What histories of toil could I declare!
Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;It is to history he trusts for praise.
No more yet of this;For 't is a chronicle of day by day,Not a relation for a breakfast.
Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion.
Log
(vulgar) A piece of feces.
History
To narrate or record.
Log
(vulgar) A penis.
History
The aggregate of past events;
A critical time in the school's history
Log
A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
History
The continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future;
All of human history
Log
A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
History
A record or narrative description of past events;
A history of France
He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
The story of exposure to lead
Log
(computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
History
The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings;
He teaches Medieval history
History takes the long view
Log
A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 3{{nbsp}}liter).
History
All that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge;
The dawn of recorded history
From the beginning of history
Log
Synonym of logarithm. Category:en:Functions
To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
Log
(sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
Log
(transitive) To cut trees into logs.
Log
(transitive) To cut down (trees).
Log
(intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
Log
(transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
To log the miles travelled by a ship
Log
(transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
Log
(transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
Log
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
Log
A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
Log
An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
Log
The record of the rate of speed of a ship or airplane, and of the course of its progress for the duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
Log
A record and tabulated statement of the person(s) operating, operations performed, resources consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or system.
Log
A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Log
A record of activities performed within a program, or changes in a database or file on a computer, and typically kept as a file in the computer.
Log
To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
Log
To record any event in a logbook, especially an event relating to the operation of a machine or device.
Log
To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
Log
To move to and fro; to rock.
Log
A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
Log
Large log at the back of a hearth fire
Log
The exponent required to produce a given number
Log
A written record of messages sent or received;
They kept a log of all transmission by the radio station
An email log
Log
A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
Log
Measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
Log
Enter into a log, as on ships and planes
Log
Cut lumber, as in woods and forests
