Author vs. Editor

Authornoun

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.

Authornoun

(with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun.

Authornoun

Someone who writes books for a living.

Authornoun

(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.

Authorverb

To create a work as its author.

Authornoun

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

Authornoun

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

Authornoun

The editor of a periodical.

Authornoun

An informant.

Authorverb

To occasion; to originate.

Authorverb

To tell; to say; to declare.

Authornoun

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Authornoun

someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

Authorverb

be the author of;

Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer. More broadly defined, an author is and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

Editornoun

A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

Editornoun

A copy editor.

Editornoun

A person who edited a specific document.

Editornoun

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

Editornoun

A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

Editornoun

(computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

Editornoun

Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Editornoun

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Editornoun

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

Editornoun

(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data