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Basically a story arc and storyline are two descriptors for literary narrative. A story arc is a small chunk of a characters history. For example: One More Day is a story arc in Spider-Man's storyline.

The storyline is the on going narrative that encompasses all the connected events that define a characters narrative.

An arc is, by definition, a contained story that has a beginning a middle and an end, a storyline is continuous and on going narrative that has a beginning but not necessarily a middle or a foreseeable end.