Whats the difference?

[Rocsteddie]

What is the difference between a relic and an artifact? Just for opinions and interruptions. Aren't they the same?

 

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[ChampFerguson/TN]

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Same answer, none.

 

[Carolina Tom]

How about freedom fighter and terrorist?

I consider relic and artifact the same thing.

 

[RustyGold]

I could be wrong but I have always thought that a Relic was somehow tied to a religion, church, etc. and an artifact was the everyday object like a CW bullet but could still have historical significance. I also consider them to be the same.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

What is the context in which each of the words is found ?

 

[Duckshot]

The way I read my dictionary an artifact needs to be made by human hands. A relic is essentially a corpse. Like a dinosaur bone, or this old carpenter's back saw I got with no teeth left on it. You know, a remnant is a relic.

 

[Terry Soloman]

rel·ic
ˈrelik/
noun
[COLOR=#878787 !important]plural noun: relics[/COLOR]

• an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest.
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  [TD]artifact, historical object, ancient object, antiquity, antique"a Viking relic"
  
  ar·ti·fact
  ˈärdəfakt/
  noun
  
  
  • 1.
    an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
    "gold and silver artifacts"
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    [TD]relic, article; handiwork
    "hundreds of unidentified artifacts are stored in numerous rooms beneath the museum"
    
    
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