Author vs. Writer

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.

Writernoun

A person who writes, or produces literary work.

Writernoun

Anything that writes or produces output.

Writernoun

(historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Writernoun

(Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.

Writernoun

(US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.

Writernoun

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

Writernoun

One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.

Writernoun

A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Writernoun

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

Writernoun

a person who is able to write and has written something

Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in different styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public.