What's the difference between a novel and a book?

Answer 1

A novel is a book but it's a fictional story. A book can be about anything...fiction, non-fiction, cooking, sports, etc.

Answer 2

All Novels are books but not all novels are books. So, a novel is a work of fiction. A book can be anything, a cook-book, a short-story, anything. Book is also a general term. Thank you for your time.

Answer 3

Basically, a novel is usually a book. Or, each novel is a book, but not every book is a novel.

A novel is a fiction story based on language and events. Even if it's taken from non-fiction events. But a book could be anything, history, science, ..... fiction, non-fiction.. poem... these all books.

Answer 4

A novel is a work of fiction. A book may contain a novel, but a book may also be non-fiction, reference work, or other stuff that isnt a novel

Answer 5

A novel is fiction.

A book is what you open up and read. It could be a cook-book, a reference book, or a novel.

Answer 6

The same as swan is to bird, or oak is to tree - a novel is a particular type of book, a substantial fictional narrative traditionally composed of chapters, plot and characters. You can get a book of raffle tickets, or a book of remembrance but you can't consider them novels!

Answer 7

Technically, a novel is a story where the main character changes for the better at the end. A book, or a short story, has to involve emotions of the characters, or it is simply an anecdote.

Answer 8

A novel is a type of book. A book can be a reference source, a pictorial, a scrapbook...

Answer 9

to be honest they can botrh be the same thing but a book is a general term and the novel is a form of story that can be contained within a book.

Answer 10

a novel is a work of fiction, a book is what it is contained in