narrative vs record

narrative

noun
  • A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work. 

  • The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. 

  • That which is narrated. 

  • A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view. 

adj
  • Of or relating to narration. 

  • Overly talkative; garrulous. 

  • Telling a story. 

record

noun
  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. 

  • The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. 

  • A set of data relating to a single individual or item. 

  • A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data. 

  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. 

adj
  • Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme. 

verb
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. 

  • To give legal status to by making an official public record. 

  • To make a record of information. 

  • To make an audio or video recording of. 

  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. 

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