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onlooker vs witness

witness vs onlooker

onlooker and witness both are nouns.

onlooker is not a verb while witness is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
onlooker Yes No No No
witness Yes No Yes No
As nouns, witness is a hypernym of onlooker; that is, witness is a word with a broader meaning than onlooker:
  • onlooker: someone who looks on
  • witness: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
Other hypernyms of onlooker include looker, spectator, viewer, watcher.
onlooker (noun) witness (noun)
someone who looks on testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
onlooker (verb) witness (verb)
be a witness to
perceive or be contemporaneous with
Difference between onlooker and witness

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