Biography vs. Monograph — What's the Difference?

A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events.

To write a monograph on.

An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another

A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject. In library cataloging, monograph has a broader meaning—that of a nonserial publication complete in one volume (book) or a definite number of volumes.

Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.

A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject.

The writing, composition, or production of biographies

A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.

A person's life story, especially one published.

(transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject).

The art of writing this kind of story.

Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).

(transitive) To write a biography of.

A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

The written history of a person's life.

A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject

Biographical writings in general.

An account of the series of events making up a person's life