Narrator vs Author - What's the difference?
narrator | author |
One who narrates or tells stories.
(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
(film, and, television) The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
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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As nouns the difference between narrator and author
is that narrator is one who narrates or tells stories while author is the originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.As a verb author is
to create a work as its author.narrator
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(wikipedia narrator)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* storytellerauthor
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Alternative forms
* (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