Memoir vs Lyric - What's the difference?
memoir | lyric |
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
(poetry) Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
Of, or relating to a writer of such poetry
lyrical
Having a light singing voice of modest range
Of, or relating to musical drama and opera
melodious
Of, or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)
A lyric poem.
(also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words.
As nouns the difference between memoir and lyric
is that memoir is an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author while lyric is a lyric poem.As an adjective lyric is
(poetry) of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style.memoir
English
(wikipedia memoir)Noun
(en noun)- When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs .
Usage notes
* A memoir differs from a simple autobiography by not focusing on the author as the primary subject matter, but on people and events in the author's life. Emphasis is placed on personal observations about external events. * The plural memoirs is very often used to refer to a single work.External links
*lyric
English
Alternative forms
* lyrickAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* lyrical * lyrically * lyricizeNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia lyric)- The lyric in line 3 doesn't rhyme.
- The lyrics were written by the composer.
