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Monograph vs Biograph - What's the difference?

monograph | biograph |

As nouns the difference between monograph and biograph

is that monograph is a scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person while biograph is .

As a verb monograph

is to write a monograph on (a subject).

monograph

Noun

(en noun)
  • A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.
  • I had never given much thought to the role of darkness in ordinary human affairs until I read a monograph prepared by John Staudenmaier, a historian of technology and a Jesuit priest, for a recent conference at MIT.'' Cullen Murphy, "Hello Darkness", ''The Atlantic Monthly , March 1996, Volume 277, No. 3, pp. 22-24.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To write a monograph on (a subject).
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    Anagrams

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    biograph

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A biographical essay.
  • An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
  • * (Rudyard Kipling), Mrs Bathurst
  • Biograph or cinematograph was what I was alludin' to. London Bridge with the omnibuses — a troopship goin' to the war — marines on parade at Portsmouth an' the Plymouth Express arrivin' at Paddin'ton.” “Seen 'em all. Seen 'em all,” said Hooper impatiently.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To write a biography of.
  • Synonyms

    * biographize

    References

    * A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster