author vs hack

author and hack both are nouns.

author and hack both are verbs.

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

As nouns, hack is a hyponym of author; that is, hack is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:

author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
hack: a mediocre and disdained writer

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, ghostwriter, Gothic romancer, 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)	hack (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)	a horse kept for hire
someone who originates or causes or initiates something	an old or over-worked horse
	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

author (verb)	hack (verb)
be the author of	cough spasmodically
	significantly cut up a manuscript
	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully

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