utterer vs witness

witness vs utterer

utterer and witness both are nouns.

utterer is not a verb while witness is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
utterer	Yes	No	No	No
witness	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, witness is a hyponym of utterer; that is, witness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than utterer:

utterer: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
witness: someone who sees an event and reports what happened

Other hyponyms of utterer include alliterator, caller-up, caller, phoner, telephoner, babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter, conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer, dictator, drawler, driveller, jabberer, ejaculator, growler, asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner, lecturer, lisper, mentioner, motormouth, mumbler, murmurer, mutterer, narrator, storyteller, teller, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker, prattler, ranter, raver, reciter, native speaker, stammerer, stutterer, stentor, talking head, venter, vociferator, voicer, wailer, whisperer, informant, witnesser.

utterer (noun)	witness (noun)
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)	testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins	someone who sees an event and reports what happened
an organism that can utter vocal sounds	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

utterer (verb)	witness (verb)
	be a witness to
	perceive or be contemporaneous with

Difference between utterer and witness

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