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Creator vs Artist - What's the difference?

creator | artist |

Artist is a synonym of creator.



As nouns the difference between creator and artist

is that creator is something or someone which creates or makes something while artist is a person who creates art.

As a proper noun Creator

is a god who created the Universe.

As an adjective artist is

artistic.

creator

English

(Creator deity)

Alternative forms

* creatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something or someone which creates or makes something.
    • Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.
  • (religion) The deity that created the world.

    • Usage notes

    * Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity.

    Related terms

    * create * creation * creational * creationary * creative * creatrix * creature * procreate * recreate * recreation

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    artist

    English

    Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    Anagrams

    * * * English words suffixed with -ist ----