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Hauteur vs Auteur - What's the difference?

hauteur | auteur |

As nouns the difference between hauteur and auteur

is that hauteur is haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness while auteur is a creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works.

hauteur

English

Noun

(-)
  • haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness
  • * 1960 , chapter XII
    • “What's happened, young Herring?” I think for a moment he was about to draw himself up with hauteur and say he would prefer, if we didn't mind, not to discuss his private affairs, but when he was half-way up he caught Aunt Dahlia's eye and returned to position one.
  • * 1992, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 31
    • [...] as, indeed, a new subject presented itself now, "Here's our turn!" braking the Toyota and turning the wheel sharply without having had time to signal so, close behind them, an angered motorist sounded his horn, but The Senator took no heed: not out of arrogance or hauteur but, simply, because he took no heed.
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    auteur

    English

    (wikipedia auteur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works.
  • * 1974 , William Bender, "Call to vespers", Time , 11 Feb 1974:
    • The libretto was a piece of hack work from a Parisian scenario factory run by an enterprising auteur of sorts named Eugene Scribe.
  • * 2003 , "Broadway is bigger than ever", The Economist , 24 Apr 2003:
    • Since Mr Luhrmann first tackled the opera, he has entered the select circle of celebrity directors on the basis of only three films, including “Moulin Rouge”. And his “La Bohème”—designed by Mrs Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, a double Oscar-winner for “Moulin Rouge”—is avowedly the work of an auteur .
  • * 2011 , Jane Graham, The Guardian , 23 Jun 2011:
    • If a widely respected auteur such as Martin Scorsese, Allen or Malick has given you the stamp of approval, you might not live fast or die young, but you'll leave a good-looking legacy.

    Derived terms

    * auteur theory

    Related terms

    * author ----