Novel vs. Epic

Noveladjective

new, original, especially in an interesting way

Novelnoun

(obsolete) A novelty; something new.

Novelnoun

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

Novelnoun

(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Novelnoun

A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

Noveladjective

Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Novelnoun

That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

Novelnoun

News; fresh tidings.

Novelnoun

A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love.

Novelnoun

A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

Novelnoun

a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

Novelnoun

a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

Noveladjective

of a kind not seen before;

Noveladjective

pleasantly novel or different;

Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the Italian: novella for , , or , itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning .Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term to describe their novels.

Epicnoun

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

Epicnoun

A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.

Epicnoun

(computing) In software development, a large or extended user story.

Epicadjective

Of, or relating to, an epic.

Epicadjective

Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character

Epicadjective

Extending beyond the usual or ordinary; extraordinary, momentous, great, or cool.

Epicadjective

That is an epimorphism.

Epicadjective

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

Epicnoun

An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.

Epicnoun

a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

Epicadjective

very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale);

Epicadjective

constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic;