Book vs. Novel
The differences between book and novel is that a book could be anything ranging from fiction to non- fiction and novel is necessarily a book on fiction. The difference between book and novel is when it comes to their meanings. All books are not novels but all novels are indeed books. The best way to understand the difference between a book and a novel is clarifying the terms individually.
Key Differences
Book is used to speak of a set of blank pages that are bound together for someone to write in. For example, notebook and, exercise books.
Aimie Carlson
Feb 27, 2018
Novels can be called a subset of books and, books cannot be called a subset of novels.
A book could be anything ranging from fiction to non- fiction and novel is necessarily a book on fiction.
All the novels are books, and all books are not novels.
Books can be stories, poetry, workbooks, etc. while novels are only books that contain stories.
Aimie Carlson
Feb 27, 2018
A novel is written to talk about a story from the start to the end while a book is written to discuss a matter.
Samantha Walker
Feb 27, 2018
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Novelist is a person who writes the novel and author is person who writes the book. Sometimes, novelists are also called as writers.
Harlon Moss
Feb 27, 2018
Comparison Chart
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A book could be anything ranging from fiction to non-fiction.
Novel is necessarily a book on fiction
Content
Books can be stories, poetry, workbooks, etc.
Novels are only books that contain stories.
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Author is person who writes the book.
Novelist is a person who writes the novel. Sometimes, novelists are also called as writers.
Subject
Book is written to discuss a matter or a subject.
Novel is written to talk about a story from the start to end.
Samantha Walker
Feb 27, 2018
Number of words
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A novel has more than 40k words written in it.
Samantha Walker
Feb 27, 2018
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Book and Novel Definitions
Book
A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
Novel
A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
Book
An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.
Novel
The literary genre represented by novels.
Book
A printed or written literary work
Did you ever finish writing that book?.
Novel
Strikingly new, unusual, or different.
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Book
A main division of a larger printed or written work
A book of the Old Testament.
Novel
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
Book
A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
Novel
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
Book
Books Financial or business records considered as a group
Checked the expenditures on the books.
Novel
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
Book
A libretto.
Novel
(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
Book
The script of a play.
Novel
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
Book
The Bible.
Novel
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
Book
The Koran.
Novel
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
Book
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based
Runs the company by the book.
Novel
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
Book
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
Novel
News; fresh tidings.
Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.
Book
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task
We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Novel
A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love.
Book
(Informal) Factual information, especially of a private nature
What's the book on him?.
Novel
A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Book
A pack of like or similar items bound together
A book of matches.
Novel
A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;
His bookcases were filled with nothing but novels
He burned all the novels
Book
A record of bets placed on a race.
Novel
Of a kind not seen before;
The computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
Book
(Games) The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.
Novel
Pleasantly novel or different;
Common sense of a most refreshing sort
Book
To arrange for or purchase (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.
Book
To arrange a reservation, as for a hotel room, for (someone)
Book me into the best hotel in town.
Book
To hire or engage
Booked a band for Saturday night.
Book
To list or register in a book
Booked the revenue from last month's sales.
Book
To list or record appointments or engagements in
A calendar that was booked solid on Tuesday.
Book
To record information about (a suspected offender) after arrest in preparation for arraignment, usually including a criminal history search, fingerprinting, and photographing.
Book
(Sports) To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.
Book
To designate a time for; schedule
Let's book a meeting for next month.
Book
To be hired for or engaged in
The actor has booked his next movie with that director.
Book
To make a reservation
Book early if you want good seats.
Book
(Informal) To move or travel rapidly
We booked along at a nice clip.
Book
Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience
Has book smarts but not street smarts.
Book
Appearing in a company's financial records
Book profits.
Book
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
Book
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
I have three copies of his first book.
Book
A major division of a long work.
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
Book
(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
Book
(informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
Book
A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
A book of stamps
A book of raffle tickets
Book
(theatre) The script of a musical or opera.
Book
Records of the accounts of a business.
Book
A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
Book
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
Book
(poker slang) Four of a kind.
Book
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
Book
A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
Book
(cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
Book
(figurative) Any source of instruction.
Book
(with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
Book
A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
Book
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
Book
(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
They booked that message from the hill
Book
(transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
I booked a flight to New York.
Book
To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
The police booked him for driving too fast.
Book
(sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
Book
To travel very fast.
He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
Book
To record bets as bookmaker.
Book
To receive the highest grade in a class.
The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
Book
To leave.
He was here earlier, but he booked.
Book
A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
Book
A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Book
A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
Book
A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.; - often used in the plural; as, they got a subpoena to examine our books.
Book
Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of bridge or whist, being the minimum number of tricks that must be taken before any additional tricks are counted as part of the score for that hand; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
Book
A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; - used in preparing for a performance.
Book
A set of paper objects (tickets, stamps, matches, checks etc.) bound together by one edge, like a book; as, he bought a book of stamps.
Book
A book or list, actual or hypothetical, containing records of the best performances in some endeavor; a recordbook; - used in the phrase one for the book or one for the books.
Book
The set of facts about an athlete's performance, such as typical performance or playing habits or methods, that are accumulated by potential opponents as an aid in deciding how best to compete against that athlete; as, the book on Ted Williams suggests pitching to him low and outside.
Book
Same as book value.
Book
The list of current buy and sell orders maintained by a stock market specialist.
Book
The purchase orders still outstanding and unfilled on a company's ledger; as, book to bill ratio.
Book
To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds.
Book
To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve{2}; also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to book a reservation at a restaurant.
Book
To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.
Here I am booked for three days more in Paris.
Book
To make an official record of a charge against (a suspect in a crime); - performed by police.
Book
A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together);
I am reading a good book on economics
Book
Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;
He used a large book as a doorstop
Book
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded;
They got a subpoena to examine our books
Book
A number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge;
He bought a book of stamps
Book
A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;
Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'
His name is in all the recordbooks
Book
A major division of a long written composition;
The book of Isaiah
Book
A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
Book
A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made;
They run things by the book around here
Book
The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
Book
The sacred writings of the Christian religions;
He went to carry the Word to the heathen
Book
Record a charge in a police register;
The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man
Book
Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;
Reserve me a seat on a flight
The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
Please hold a table at Maxim's
Book
Engage for a performance;
Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo
Book
Register in a hotel booker
What is a Book?
A book could be anything ranging from fiction to non-fiction. This term used to talk about any written material about the subjects studied by the students, a non-fiction work, a work of poetry, a novel, or written work on any discipline for that matter. Moreover, a writer of books is called an author of that book. Then, the purpose of a book is to explore the subject upon which the book is being written. It deals with the rudiments of that specific subject, explains the various principles underlying the rudiments, and finally, it aims at the successful completion. Books are also used to speak of a set of blank papers that are bound together for someone to write in. For instance, notebook and, exercise book. These books come with blank pages so that someone can use them for writing purpose.
What is a Novel?
While on the other hand Novel is a book on fiction. Moreover, a novel is a term that is used to refer only to a written content that contains a story described elaborately. Thus, it can be said that a novel is a subset of book. Novelist is a person who writes the novel. It is an interesting thing to note that sometimes a novelist is also called a writer. The purpose of writing novel is to tell a story. Autobiographies are also considered novels when they tells a story of the celebrity who writes it. Usually, an autobiography is considered as non-fiction because a real-life it talks about story of someone’s life. However, sometimes authors are tend to use fictive elements with autobiographical elements that is when autobiographies are considered as novels. In fact, they have a special term called an autobiographical novel. A novel has more than 40k words written in it. Usually 60k or more words.
