Artist vs. Author — What's the Difference?

An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only.

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer. More broadly defined, an author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill to create works of aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts.

The writer of a book, article, or other text.

A person whose work shows exceptional creative ability or skill

One who practices writing as a profession.

One, such as an actor or singer, who works in the performing arts.

One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.

One who is adept at an activity, especially one involving trickery or deceit

An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.

A person who creates art.

Author God.

A person who creates art as an occupation.

To write or be the author of (a published text).

A person who is skilled at some activity.

To write or construct (an electronic document or system)

A recording artist.

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.

(archaic) Artistic.

Someone who writes books for a living.

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

Principal.

One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.

One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.

To create a work as its author.

An artful person; a schemer.

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

The editor of a periodical.

An informant.

To occasion; to originate.

To tell; to say; to declare.

Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

Be the author of;