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Autobiography vs. Memoirs — What's the Difference?

Autobiography vs. Memoirs — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Autobiography and Memoirs

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write; also informally called an autobio) is a self-written account of one's life. The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical The Monthly Review, when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic".

Memoirs

An account of the personal experiences of an author.

Autobiography

The biography of a person written by that person.

Memoirs

Often memoirs An autobiography.

Autobiography

(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
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Memoirs

A biography or biographical sketch.

Autobiography

(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Memoirs

A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.

Autobiography

A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

Memoirs

Memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.

Autobiography

A biography of yourself

Memoirs

Plural of memoir

Memoirs

An autobiography.

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