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author vs scriptwriter

scriptwriter vs author

author and scriptwriter both are nouns.

author is a verb but scriptwriter is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
author Yes No Yes No
scriptwriter Yes No No No
As nouns, scriptwriter is a hyponym of author; that is, scriptwriter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than author:
  • author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • scriptwriter: someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
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, poet, polemic, polemicist, polemist, poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier, scenarist, space writer, speechwriter, tragedian, wordmonger, word-painter, wordsmith.
author (noun) scriptwriter (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
author (verb) scriptwriter (verb)
be the author of
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