Chronology vs. History — What's the Difference?

Chronology (from Latin chronologia, from Ancient Greek χρόνος, chrónos, "time"; and -λογία, -logia) is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events.

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past. Events before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory.

The science that deals with the determination of dates and the sequence of events.

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

The arrangement of events in time.

A formal written account of related natural phenomena

A chronological list or table.

A record of a patient's general medical background

(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

An established condition or pattern of behavior

(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events

The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.

The past events relating to a particular thing

Arrangement of events in time

The aggregate of past events or human affairs

A record of events in the order of their occurrence

An interesting past

The determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

Something that belongs to the past

(Slang) One that is no longer worth consideration

A drama based on historical events

The aggregate of past events.

The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.

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).

(countable) A set of events involving an entity.

(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.

A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.

(uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.

(obsolete) To narrate or record.

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.

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.

To narrate or record.

The aggregate of past events;

The continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future;

A record or narrative description of past events;

The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings;

All that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge;