Ancestor vs Author - What's the difference?
ancestor | author | Related terms |
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
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, title= An earlier type; a progenitor
(legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
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, title= The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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* (Samuel Johnson) (1709-1784)
# (the author) I, me.
Someone who writes books for a living.
The works of an author or authors.
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Ancestor is a related term of author.
As nouns the difference between ancestor and author
is that ancestor is one from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather while author is the originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.As a verb author is
(chiefly|us) to create a work as its.ancestor
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* ancestour (obsolete) * auncestor (obsolete) * auncestour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}
Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle, passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors .}}
Usage notes
* There is a rare feminine form ancestressDerived terms
* cenancestorAntonyms
* descendantAnagrams
*author
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* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Eternal King; thee, Author of all being.
The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- The chief glory of every people arises from its authors .
The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant