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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