Biography vs. Monograph — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Biography and Monograph
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Definitions
Biography
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.
Monograph
To write a monograph on.
Biography
An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another
A film biography of Adlai Stevenson.
An oral biography.
Monograph
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.
Biography
Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
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Monograph
A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject.
Biography
The writing, composition, or production of biographies
A career entirely devoted to biography.
Monograph
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.
Biography
A person's life story, especially one published.
There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
Monograph
(transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject).
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Biography
The art of writing this kind of story.
Monograph
Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).
Biography
(transitive) To write a biography of.
Monograph
A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.
Biography
The written history of a person's life.
Monograph
A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
Biography
Biographical writings in general.
Biography
An account of the series of events making up a person's life