The difference between Monograph and Treatise

When used as nouns, monograph means a scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person, whereas treatise means a formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.


Monograph is also verb with the meaning: to write a monograph on (a subject).

check bellow for the other definitions of Monograph and Treatise

  1. Monograph as a noun:

    A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.

  1. Monograph as a verb (transitive):

    To write a monograph on (a subject).

  2. Monograph as a verb (transitive, US):

    Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).

  1. Treatise as a noun:

    A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

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