Phân biệt Historic vs Historical

Phân biệt Historic vs Historical 
The words 'historic' and 'historical' are close in meaning, but their uses are quite 
different. 
Historic: 
The adjective 'historic' means 'having importance in history' or 'having influence 
on history'. 
Historical: 
The adjective 'historical' means 'having taken place in history', 'from the past' or 
'pertaining to history'. 
Side-by-side examples: 
This is a historical event. 
(one that happened in the past) 
This is a historic event. 
(one that is important in history, e.g., the 
Moon landing) 
He was a historical scholar. 
(A scholar who studied history) 
He was a historic scholar. 
(A scholar who was important in history, 
e.g., Homer) 
The bones were of historical 
significance. 
(from a perspective of history, i.e., 
possibly worthless but important to study 
history) 
The bones were of historic 
significance. 
(very significant, i.e., i