Memoir and Tale

Memoir

Memoir noun - A history of a person's life.

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Tale and memoir are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tale" instead a noun "Memoir".

Nearby Word: memoirist

Tale noun - A rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature.

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Memoir and tale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Memoir" instead a noun "Tale".

short	short memoir	short tale
original	original memoir	original tale
true	true memoir	true tale
actual	actual memoir	actual tale
Other adjectives: famous, fictional, classic, last, ongoing.

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey was initially promoted as his memoir when it was first published in 2003, telling a gripping tale of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Source: Deader Than Disco / Literature
Neil Gaiman notes that on first read PEACE seems to be the quaint memoir of an old man in a dying town, but on the second or third read through, the story is a full blown ghost tale.

Source: Rewatch Bonus
As well as his Nobel Prize-winning book on the Second World War (not the most reliable source, but an invaluable memoir), he wrote a history of the English-speaking peoples and a largely forgotten political thriller called Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.

Source: Useful Notes / Winston Churchill

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