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Biography vs Diary - What's the difference?

biography | diary |

As nouns the difference between biography and diary

is that biography is a person's life story, especially one published while diary is a daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.

As a verb biography

is to write a biography of.

As an adjective diary is

lasting for one day.

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

    diary

    English

    (Personal journal)

    Noun

    (diaries)
  • A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
  • The method or media used to keep such experiences.
    • They kept separate diaries'''. His was on paper and her '''diary was on her computer's hard drive.
  • (British, Canada) A calendar or appointment book.

    • Synonyms

    * daybook * journal

    Derived terms

    * diarist

    Related terms

    * diurnal * journal

    Coordinate terms

    * calendar * daybook * chronicle * log

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Lasting for one day.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The offer of a usurpation, though it was but as a diary ague.

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    Anagrams

    * dairy