Explain the difference between a major memoir and anecdote

Memoir is centered on one individual while Anecdote is not

Major Memoir's are

less formal

less encompassing

more concerned with emotional truth toward a particular section of one’s life and how it makes you feel now

less obsessed with factual events

written by the subject

Anecdote are

written by the main character or at least drafted with a collaborative writer

made up of detailed chronology, events, places, reactions, movements and any other relevant information that inhabited the life of the subject

focused on facts - fact, above all, is its foundation