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Transcriptionist vs Amanuensis - What's the difference?

transcriptionist | amanuensis |

As nouns the difference between transcriptionist and amanuensis

is that transcriptionist is a person who transcribes while amanuensis is one employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

transcriptionist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who transcribes.
  • A writer of transcripts.

    • Synonyms

    * transcriber

    amanuensis

    English

    Noun

    (amanuenses)
  • One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
  • *
  • *:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
    • * (English Citations of "amanuensis")

    References

    * Gamble, Harry Y. “Amanuensis.” Anchor Bible Dictionary . Vol. 1. Ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992. * Longenecker, Richard N. “Ancient Amanuenses and the Pauline Epistles.” New Dimensions in New Testament Study''. Eds. Richard N. Longenecker and Merrill C. Tenney. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974. 281-97. idem, “On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters.” ''Scripture and Truth . Eds. D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. 101-14. ----