author vs Wilder

author and Wilder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
author	Yes	No	Yes	No
Wilder	Yes	No	No	No

author (noun)	Wilder (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)	United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
someone who originates or causes or initiates something	United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)

author (verb)	Wilder (verb)
be the author of