Novel vs. Novice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Novel and Novice
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning "new".Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels.
Novice
A novice is a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows. By extension, the term is used informally for a person or animal new to a particular field of endeavour.
Novel
A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
Novice
A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation
He was a complete novice in foreign affairs
Novel
The literary genre represented by novels.
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Novice
A person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.
Novel
Strikingly new, unusual, or different.
Novice
A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
Novel
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
Novice
A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows. Also called novitiate.
Novel
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
Novice
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
Novel
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
Novice
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
Novel
(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
Novice
One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
I am young; a novice in the trade.
Novel
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
Novice
One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
Novel
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
Novice
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.
Novel
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
Novice
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
Novel
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
Novice
Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Novel
News; fresh tidings.
Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.
Novice
Someone new to a field or activity
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.
Novel
A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
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
Novel
Of a kind not seen before;
The computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
Novel
Pleasantly novel or different;
Common sense of a most refreshing sort
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