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Biography vs Semibiographical - What's the difference?

biography | semibiographical |

As a noun biography

is a person's life story, especially one published.

As a verb biography

is to write a biography of.

As an adjective semibiographical is

combining elements of biography with fiction.

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

    semibiographical

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Combining elements of biography with fiction.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 1, author=Kathryn Shattuck, title=What’s on Tonight, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=9 P.M. (Starz) THE QUEEN (2006) Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair struggle with the death of Diana, Princess of Wales , in this semibiographical drama directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Peter Morgan (“Last King of Scotland”). }}