Difference between periodical,,journals and magazine.

[sudhir tiwari]

What's the difference between a periodical, a journal, and a magazine?

What difference does it make, which one I should use?

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[Sangeeta Dubey]

Sudhir gi,

Periodicals are that publication which comes regularly or occasionally.like sport illustrate ,almanac etc

Journals:-In the journals ,all articles are written by the expert in technical language .

Magazines:-Magazines are including the general public news.For example -Times ,Outlook, Aajtak, India Today.

For more information  please see :-   http://www.umflint.edu/library/faq/difference.htm

Regards

Sangeeta

[prabha Tendolkar]

periodicals are published periodically like  weekly mothly fortnightly etc,.here period is  fixed. magazines are also included in periodicals. 

journals are concerned with one subject and the articles are published by experts,.like Indian management journal financial management or it may be on Library science.

magazines are light reading like articles on current issues.it includes news, entertainment. 

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