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Singer vs Lyricist - What's the difference?

singer | lyricist |

As a proper noun singer

is .

As a noun lyricist is

a person who writes the lyrics of a song.

singer

English

Etymology 1

(sing).

Noun

(wikipedia singer) (en noun)
  • Person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.
  • (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
    • Derived terms
    * opera singer

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or device which, singes; a machine for singeing cloth.

    • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    lyricist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who writes the lyrics of a song.