gagman vs author

gagman and author both are nouns.

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

As nouns, author is a hypernym of gagman; that is, author is a word with a broader meaning than gagman:

gagman: someone who writes comic material for public performers
author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Other hypernyms of gagman include writer.

gagman (noun)	author (noun)
someone who writes comic material for public performers	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
a comedian who uses gags	someone who originates or causes or initiates something

gagman (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of