What is the difference between a novel and a regular book?

Question

I know there is a distinction but not sure what the distinction is. Does anyone know the answer to this question?

Answer 1

A book is any work of creative or critical writing bound together, so it could be fiction, non-fiction, a book of poetry, a thesis, etc. A novel is always a work of fiction, and it has to be a minimum number of pages to be technically classified as a novel instead of a novella or short story (I forget how many, sorry!).

Answer 2

A novel is a book that has, I think, 100+ pages

Answer 3

novel–noun 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
2. (formerly) novella (def. 1).
book-

–noun 1. a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
2. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
3. a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions.
4. the Book, the Bible.

Answer 4

All novels are books, but not all books are novels. There are many non-fiction books that are not novels.

Answer 5

Novel only has one point to it when a book could have many.