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deponent vs informant

informant vs deponent

deponent and informant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deponent Yes No No No
informant Yes No No No
As nouns, informant is a hypernym of deponent; that is, informant is a word with a broader meaning than deponent:
  • deponent: a person who testifies or gives a deposition
  • informant: someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Other hypernyms of deponent include witness, witnesser.
deponent (noun) informant (noun)
a person who testifies or gives a deposition a person who supplies information
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Difference between deponent and informant

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