witness vs adverse witness

adverse witness vs witness

witness and adverse witness both are nouns.

witness is a verb but adverse witness is not a verb.

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

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

witness: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
adverse witness: a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party

Other hyponyms of witness include hostile witness, character witness, expert witness, lay witness, material witness.

witness (noun)	adverse witness (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith	a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
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

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

Difference between witness and adverse witness

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