Anachronistic vs. Archaic — What's the Difference?

The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.

Also Archaic Relating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization

One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time

No longer current or applicable; antiquated

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.

(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.

Relating to or being an early or premodern evolutionary form of an organism or group of organisms

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.

Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.

Chronologically misplaced;

Archaic Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 BC to about 1000 BC, characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.

A member of an archaic population of Homo.

A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Indian Paleo-Indian]’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.

(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;

Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type;