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Anecdote vs Biography - What's the difference?

anecdote | biography |

As nouns the difference between anecdote and biography

is that anecdote is a short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting while biography is a person's life story, especially one published.

As a verb biography is

to write a biography of.

anecdote

English

(wikipedia anecdote)

Alternative forms

* anecdota * anecdoton (Grecian) * anecdotum

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
  • An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  • A previously untold secret account of an incident.

    • Derived terms

    * anecdotage * anecdotal * anecdotalism * anecdotally * anecdotard * anecdotarian * anecdoter * anecdotic * anecdotical * anecdotish (rare) * anecdotist * anecdotive (rare) * anecdotographer

    biography

    English

    Noun

    (biographies)
  • A person's life story, especially one published.
    • There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

    Derived terms

    * autobiography * heterobiography * psychobiography

    Related terms

    * biographer * biographical * biographism * hagiography * pathography

    Verb

  • To write a biography of.

    • Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -graphy