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What is the difference between author and writer?
Plz let me know if there is any categorical difference between a 'author' and a 'writer'
According to my dictionary, the words "author" and "writer" are synonymous - as far as they refer to creating a written work. However, a writer CAN refer to a scribe or someone who makes copies of documents, too. In my opinion, "author" sounds more like a literary term than "writer."
From Wordweb -
Author means: "Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)" or "Someone who originates or causes or initiates something"
Writer means: "Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)" or "A person who is able to write and has written something"
According to Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary -
writer: "a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., esp. as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist." or "a clerk, scribe, or the like."
author: "a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist" or "the maker of anything; creator; originator"
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