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author vs compiler

compiler vs author

author and compiler both are nouns.

author is a verb but compiler is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
author Yes No Yes No
compiler Yes No No No
As nouns, compiler is a hyponym of author; that is, compiler is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • compiler: a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
Other hyponyms of author include abstracter, abstractor, alliterator, authoress, biographer, coauthor, joint author, commentator, reviewer, contributor, cyberpunk, drafter, dramatist, playwright, essayist, litterateur, folk writer, framer, gagman, gagster, gagwriter, ghost, ghostwriter, Gothic romancer, hack, hack writer, literary hack, journalist, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, novelist, pamphleteer, paragrapher, poet, polemic, polemicist, polemist, poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier, scenarist, scriptwriter, space writer, speechwriter, tragedian, wordmonger, word-painter, wordsmith.
author (noun) compiler (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
someone who originates or causes or initiates something a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
author (verb) compiler (verb)
be the author of
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