Usage Dictionary

anecdote / antidote

A short story versus a remedy.

An anecdote is a brief account of an incident. An antidote is a remedy, literal or figurative: an antidote to boredom. Do not use antidote for a story, or anecdote for a cure.

Examples

UseHe opened with an anecdote about the first print run.

UseHumor was her antidote to the long wait.

AvoidHumor was her anecdote to the long wait.