The difference between Author and Write

When used as nouns, author means i, me, whereas write means the operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

When used as verbs, author means to create a work as its author, whereas write means to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Author and Write

  1. Author as a noun (with definite article: "the author"):

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

    Examples:

    "The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author."

    "Have you read any Corinthian authors?"

  2. Author as a noun:

    Someone who writes books for a living.

  3. Author as a noun (obsolete):

    One's authority for something: an informant.

  1. Author as a verb (chiefly, US, sometimes, proscribed):

    To create a work as its author.

  1. Write as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

    Examples:

    "The pupil wrote his name on the paper."

    "Your son has been writing on the wall."

  2. Write as a verb (transitive):

    To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

    Examples:

    "My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."

  3. Write as a verb (transitive):

    To send written information to.

    Examples:

    "(UK) Please write to me when you get there."

    "(US) Please write me when you get there."

  4. Write as a verb (transitive):

    To show (information, etc) in written form.

    Examples:

    "The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."

  5. Write as a verb (intransitive):

    To be an author.

    Examples:

    "I write for a living."

  6. Write as a verb (computing, intransitive, with {{m, to):

    }} To record data mechanically or electronically.

    Examples:

    "The computer writes to the disk faster than it [[reads]] from it."

  7. Write as a verb (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.):

    To fill in, to complete using words.

    Examples:

    "I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."

  8. Write as a verb:

    To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

    Examples:

    "truth written on the heart"

  9. Write as a verb:

    To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.

  1. Write as a noun (computing):

    The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

    Examples:

    "How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"

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