Autograph vs. Autogram — What's the Difference?

An autograph is a person's own handwriting or signature. The word autograph comes from Ancient Greek (αὐτός, autós, "self" and γράφω, gráphō, "write"), and can mean more specifically: a manuscript written by the author of its content.

An autogram (Ancient Greek: αὐτός = self, γράμμα = letter) is a sentence that describes itself in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters. They were invented by Lee Sallows, who also coined the word autogram.

A signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer

A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.

A manuscript or musical score in an author's or musician's own handwriting

Write one's signature on (something); sign

Written in the author's own handwriting

A person's own signature, especially considered as a collector's item.

A person's own handwriting.

A manuscript in the author's handwriting.

To write one's name or signature on or in; sign

To write in one's own handwriting.

Written in the writer's own handwriting

A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.

A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.

A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

Written in the author’s own handwriting.

(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.

(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc

(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.

Something written by one's own hand

A person's own signature

Mark with one's signature;