Anchor and Narrator

Anchor

Anchor noun - One who reads and introduces news reports on a news program.

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Narrator and anchor are semantically related in presenter topic. In some cases you can use "Narrator" instead a noun "Anchor".

Narrator noun - Someone who tells a story.

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Anchor and narrator are semantically related in presenter topic. Sometimes you can use "Anchor" instead a noun "Narrator".

old	old anchor	old narrator
female	female anchor	female narrator
normal	normal anchor	normal narrator
regular	regular anchor	regular narrator
Other adjectives: certain, current, original, proper, single, obnoxious, annoying, actual, real, male, large, main, young, new, generic.

Sophisticated as Hell: The news anchor and the narrator in the opening both speak like this.

Source: Western Animation / Rock & Rule
Kasell retired in 2014 and was replaced by Bill Kurtis, a former CBS news anchor and an extremely prolific documentary narrator.

Source: Radio / Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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