fromEnglish Grammar Today
Historicmeans ‘importantor likely to be important in history’:
I feel that this is ahistoricmoment for our country.
When the Berlin wall came down, it was ahistoricoccasion.
Historicalmeans ‘related to the study of things from the past’:
I love readinghistoricalnovels.
Archaeologists found a large number ofhistoricalobjects when they excavated the field.
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Adjectives and adverbs