ghostwriter vs scribe

ghostwriter

noun
  • A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity. 

  • Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work. 

scribe

noun
  • Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. 

  • A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ 

  • A journalist. 

  • A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber. 

verb
  • To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. 

  • To write or draw with a scribe. 

  • To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc. 

  • To record, as a scribe. 

  • To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. 

  • To write. 

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