Commentator vs. Journalist

Commentatornoun

A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.

Commentatornoun

One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.

Commentatornoun

an expert who observes and comments on something

Commentatornoun

a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

Commentatornoun

a person who comments on events or on a text

Commentatornoun

a person who commentates on a sports match or other event

Journalistnoun

(originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.

Journalistnoun

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

Journalistnoun

A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events.

Journalistnoun

One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist.

Journalistnoun

One whose occupation is to write for any of the public news media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or internet; also, an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical.

Journalistnoun

a writer for newspapers and magazines

Journalistnoun

someone who keeps a diary or journal

Journalist

A journalist is an individual trained to collect/gather information in form of text, audio or pictures, processes them to a news-worthy form and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism.