Novel vs. Fiction

Novel vs. Fiction — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Novel and Fiction

Noveladjective

new, original, especially in an interesting way

Fictionnoun

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.I am a great reader of fiction.

Novelnoun

(obsolete) A novelty; something new.

Fictionnoun

(uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.

Novelnoun

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

Fictionnoun

(legal) A legal fiction.

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Novelnoun

(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Fictionnoun

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

Novelnoun

A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

Fictionnoun

a deliberately false or improbable account

Novelnoun

a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

Novelnoun

a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

his bookcases were filled with nothing but novelshe burned all the novels
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Noveladjective

of a kind not seen before;

the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem

Noveladjective

pleasantly novel or different;

common sense of a most refreshing sort