memoir vs story

memoir

noun
  • Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer. 

  • A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject. 

  • An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author. 

story

noun
  • An account of real or fictional events. 

  • A lie, fiction. 

  • A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. 

  • A soap opera. 

  • A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period. 

verb
  • To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. 

How often have the words memoir and story occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )