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author vs poet

poet vs author

author and poet both are nouns.

author is a verb but poet is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
author Yes No Yes No
poet Yes No No No
As nouns, poet is a hyponym of author; that is, poet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • poet: a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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, hack writer, literary hack, journalist, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, novelist, pamphleteer, paragrapher, polemic, polemicist, polemist, poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier, scenarist, scriptwriter, space writer, speechwriter, tragedian, wordmonger, word-painter, wordsmith.
author (noun) poet (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
author (verb) poet (verb)
be the author of
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