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author vs ghostwriter

ghostwriter vs author

author and ghostwriter both are nouns.

author is a verb but ghostwriter is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
author Yes No Yes No
ghostwriter Yes No No No
As nouns, ghostwriter is a hyponym of author; that is, ghostwriter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • ghostwriter: 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, ghost, 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) ghostwriter (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
author (verb) ghostwriter (verb)
be the author of
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