Author vs Scholar - What's the difference?
author | scholar |
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* 1661 , ,
* (Samuel Johnson) (1709-1784)
# (the author) I, me.
Someone who writes books for a living.
The works of an author or authors.
* 1661 , ,
A student; one who studies at school or college.
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
A learned person; a bookman.
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As nouns the difference between author and scholar
is that author is the originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition while scholar is a student; one who studies at school or college.As a verb author
is (chiefly|us) to create a work as its.author
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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
Synonyms
* (creator of a work) bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator, writerDerived terms
* authoressDerived terms
* authorableStatistics
* ----scholar
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(Scholarly method)Noun
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