Memoir vs Vignette - What's the difference?
memoir | vignette |
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
The small picture on a postage stamp.
(photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
As nouns the difference between memoir and vignette
is that memoir is an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author while vignette is a running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.As a verb vignette is
to make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.memoir
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(wikipedia memoir)Noun
(en noun)- When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs .
