Whats the difference?

Question

What is the difference between a book and a Novel? Isn't a book shorter than a novel?

Answer 1

A book is any collection of paper with a text written on it, bound together, usually within covers. This definition shows that a book can be written on any subject or style.

A novel is a fictional narrative in prose. This means that a novel is a kind of book. So, all novels are books, but not all books are novels...

Answer 2

All novels are books, but not all books are novels! A novel is always fiction, but books can be any genre ... including fiction. Length has nothing to do with it!

Answer 3

Book: A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
A printed or written literary work.
A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.

Novel: A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters. The literary genre represented by novels.

Answer 4

Think of it like this...A book is a bound collection of pages with words or pictures.

A novel is a type of book, normally narrative fiction. A book could be a textbook, a collection of short stories, non-fiction, etc.

Answer 5

A book is bound pages with literature inside... fiction or non-fiction.

A novel is a book that is fiction with a sequential story. Yes it's generally long.

Answer 6

Yes, a book is smaller, a novel is twice the size, and also it gives producers a chance to make a movie out of it once it is read.

Answer 7

a novel is a ficticious story of roughly 50,000 to 250,000 words. a book can be ficticious of or factual, and cover many genres including childrens books, encyclopedias, dictionarys, atlas's and even diarys. there are hundreds of different types