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Synonyms for authorship
Synonyms for authorship: paternity and writing. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for authorship
- paternitynoun, in the sense "the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing"
- writingnoun, in the sense "the act of creating written works"
All two are filed under authorship's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
The authorship of the theory is disputed.
The true synonym
paternity
Same sentence, swapped: The paternity of the theory is disputed.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for authorship in the sentence quoted.
- penning
- coinage
- contrivance
the act of creating written works
She took up authorship late in life and published two novels.
The true synonym
writing
Same sentence, swapped: She took up writing late in life and published two novels.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- paternity
- coinage
- contrivance
Where authorship turns up in the game
authorship is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play authorship
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so authorship reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company authorship keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. authorship carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.