Stew or Soup?

Is our writing supposed to be a stew or a soup?

Stew is hearty, meaty goodness. It's seasoned and thick. Starches from the potatoes mix with the vegetables and the beef gets tender only after many hours of cooking. The longer you cook it, the better. It stands up well to being re-heated and tastes almost as good the second or third time as it did the first.

Soup is, by nature, lighter and less filling. It's mostly broth. Maybe some noodles or a few pieces of this and that. Maybe thick, like stew, but often thin, like broth. Soup doesn't always stand up to re-heating like stew does. It's usually best the first time around. While it might have some bits of meat, that's not the focus of the dish. It's not a meal in a bowl, but an appetizer, or the center of a light lunch.

Some authors write stew, some soup.

Which are you?