hack vs author

hack and author both are nouns.

hack and author both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of hack include writer.

hack (noun)	author (noun)
a horse kept for hire	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
an old or over-worked horse	someone who originates or causes or initiates something
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

hack (verb)	author (verb)
cough spasmodically	be the author of
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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