2007-07-27 02:25:48 · 7 answers · asked by gone 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
nov·el, n. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
no·vel·la, n. a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
book, n. a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
2007-07-27 02:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by fiercelingua 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nov·el 1
NOUN:
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.
book
NOUN:
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.
A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
A libretto.
The script of a play.
Book
The Bible.
The Koran.
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
A packet of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.
A record of bets placed on a race.
Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.
2007-07-27 02:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A novel is a type of book. Lots of different kinds of writing can be made into books, like poetry, plays, short stories, essays, and non-fiction, but they aren't novels.
A novel is a long piece of writing (if it's like a novel but shorter, like under 200 pages, it's called a novella) that tells a fictional story. There can be several subplots, but there's usually one main story. This main story is often about the events in a person's life.
2007-07-27 02:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A novel is a story.
A book is a bunch of pages with covers around it.
2007-07-27 02:29:12 · answer #4 · answered by Zeera 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A novel is a work of fiction. A book is a generic term--you can have fiction or non-fiction, diaries, anything bound in book form.
2007-07-27 02:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A book can be a "novel"approach...
But a novel can never be a "book" approach.
2007-07-27 02:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by Afreeloader 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A novel is usually only 200-300 pages long. Shorter than that, they are called novellas. Books are longer than 300 pages.
2007-07-27 02:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by Dee 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋