Author
Author noun - A person who creates a written work.
Usage example: a brilliant novel by a first-time author
Columnist is a synonym for author in writer topic. In some cases you can use "Columnist" instead a noun "Author", when it comes to topics like journalist, composer of written work.
Columnist
Columnist noun - A journalist who writes editorials.
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Synonyms for Columnist
Nearby Word: column
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- correspondent and author
- correspondent and columnist
- writer and author
- writer and columnist
- producer and author
- producer and columnist
- creator and author
- creator and columnist
- critic and author
- critic and columnist
- journalist and author
- journalist and columnist
- originator and author
- originator and columnist
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Maclean's magazine columnist Scott Feschuk's author thumbnail has him doing this.
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Author Avatar - Many of the throwaway and background characters have the same design Yayoi Ogawa uses for herself in the author's notes, and are referred to as 'So-and-so Ogawa' (i.e.: Genevieve Ogawa the horoscope columnist).
Source: Manga / Kimi Wa Petto - Mark Twain is a newspaper columnist in San Francisco using his real name of Samuel Clemens (see below) and scoffs at the idea of becoming an author, stating that the minimal pay would not be worth it.
Source: Literature / Timeline-191
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