gagster vs author

gagster and author both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of gagster include writer.

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

gagster (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of