anecdote vs chronicle

anecdote

verb
  • To tell anecdotes (about). 

noun
  • A previously untold secret account of an incident. 

  • An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis. 

  • A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. 

chronicle

verb
  • To record in or as in a chronicle. 

noun
  • A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. 

How often have the words anecdote and chronicle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )