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Biography vs Nonfiction - What's the difference?

biography | nonfiction |

As nouns the difference between biography and nonfiction

is that biography is a person's life story, especially one published while nonfiction is written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events often used attributively.

As a verb biography

is to write a biography of.

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

    nonfiction

    English

    (wikipedia nonfiction)

    Alternative forms

    * non-fiction

    Noun

  • Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.