confession vs written document

written document vs confession

confession and written document both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confession	Yes	No	No	No
written document	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, written document is a hypernym of confession; that is, written document is a word with a broader meaning than confession:

confession: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
written document: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

Other hypernyms of confession include document, papers.

confession (noun)	written document (noun)
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution	writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
an admission of misdeeds or faults
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
a public declaration of your faith
the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

Difference between confession and written document

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