writer vs journalist

Other hyponyms of writer 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, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, novelist, pamphleteer, paragrapher, poet, polemic, polemicist, polemist, poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier, scenarist, scriptwriter, space writer, speechwriter, tragedian, wordmonger, word-painter, wordsmith.

Other hyponyms of writer include diarist, diary keeper, scrawler, scribbler, good speller, poor speller, speller, transcriber, transcriber.