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ما الفرق بين historical --- historic

In Hello SB page 93, you will find this sentence
There are thousands of ……………. (history) sites all over Egypt. Correct the word between brackets

The answer in Hello TB Page 264 is
historic/historical
Then the author adds saying:
These words are often used interchangeably and dictionaries vary on their usage.

Last year, may be in August, I posted a comment on Longman Official Site under the same question. They disagreed with my definitions. But it is worth reading the whole thing.
Here it is

http://www.longmansec.com.eg/QuestAns.aspx?QA_ID=93
and another one as well
http://www.longmansec.com.eg/QuestAns.aspx?QA_ID=349

The writer`s answer was based originally on Hello!7 (The old Book), before the New Book was officially published.

The confusion goes on with other pairs such as:
classic / classical
magic / magical
electric / electrical

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