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Bibliography vs Biography - What's the difference?

bibliography | biography |

As nouns the difference between bibliography and biography

is that bibliography is a section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work while biography is a person's life story, especially one published.

As a verb biography is

to write a biography of.

bibliography

English

(wikipedia bibliography)

Noun

(bibliographies)
  • A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work.
  • *
    • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
  • A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
  • The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

    • Derived terms

    * annotated bibliography * bibliographer * bibliographic * bio-bibliography

    Related terms

    * bibliology * reference list

    External links

    * * * English words prefixed with biblio- English words suffixed with -graphy

    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