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author vs ghost

ghost vs author

author and ghost both are nouns.

author and ghost both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
author Yes No Yes No
ghost Yes No Yes No
As nouns, ghost is a hyponym of author; that is, ghost is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • ghost: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Other hyponyms of author include abstracter, abstractor, alliterator, authoress, biographer, coauthor, joint author, commentator, reviewer, compiler, contributor, cyberpunk, drafter, dramatist, playwright, essayist, litterateur, folk writer, framer, gagman, gagster, gagwriter, 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.
As verbs, ghost is a hyponym of author; that is, ghost is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: be the author of
  • ghost: write for someone else
Other hyponyms of author include co-author, ghostwrite.
author (noun) ghost (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) a mental representation of some haunting experience
someone who originates or causes or initiates something a suggestion of some quality
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
author (verb) ghost (verb)
be the author of write for someone else
haunt like a ghost; pursue
move like a ghost
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