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Essayist vs Journalist - What's the difference?

essayist | journalist |

As nouns the difference between essayist and journalist

is that essayist is one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions while journalist is the keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.

essayist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.
    • She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

    journalist

    English

    (wikipedia journalist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
  • One whose occupation or is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
  • A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
    • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.}}

    Related terms

    * journalese