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Authorship vs Authoress - What's the difference?

authorship | authoress |

As nouns the difference between authorship and authoress

is that authorship is the quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author while authoress is a female author.

authorship

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia authorship) (authorships)
  • The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
  • The source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.

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    authoress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (dated, derogatory) A female author.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1765 , month = January , title = A further Account of the celebrated German Poete?s , magazine = The Gentleman's Magazine , page = 5 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=5nZIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5 , passage = This ob?ervation is verified in our authore?s , who, without de?ign, without art, and without in?truction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed among?t poets of the fir?t cla?s. }}

    Synonyms

    * authouress

    Hypernyms

    * author

    Anagrams

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