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Novel vs Storybook - What's the difference?

novel | storybook |

As adjectives the difference between novel and storybook

is that novel is new, original, especially in an interesting way while storybook is as in a story for children; pleasant and idealized, or having a happy conclusion.

As nouns the difference between novel and storybook

is that novel is a novelty; something new while storybook is a book containing stories, especially children's stories.

novel

English

(wikipedia novel)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • new, original, especially in an interesting way
    • Usage notes
    * Said of ideas, ways, etc.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A novelty; something new.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
  • A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
  • (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
    • Derived terms
    * novelisation, novelization * novelist
    Related terms
    * novella

    storybook

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book containing stories, especially children's stories.

    • Derived terms

    * storybookish

    Adjective

    (-)
  • As in a story for children; pleasant and idealized, or having a happy conclusion.
  • * 2006 , Tammy Ash Perkins, The best of Hawai?i wedding book: a guide to Maui, Lana?i, and Kaua?i (page 112)
    • I remember one couple that truly created their own storybook wedding by selecting a remote waterfall as their wedding location.