Author vs. Poet
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Difference Between Author and Poet
Authornoun
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author.Poetnoun
A person who writes poems.
Authornoun
(with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun.
Have you read any Corinthian authors?Poetnoun
A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Authornoun
Someone who writes books for a living.
Poetnoun
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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Authornoun
(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
Authorverb
To create a work as its author.
Authornoun
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Authornoun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;
he was the generator of several complaintsAuthorverb
be the author of;
She authored this play
