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witness vs attester

attester vs witness

witness and attester both are nouns.

witness is a verb but attester is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
witness Yes No Yes No
attester Yes No No No
As nouns, attester is a hyponym of witness; that is, attester is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than witness:
  • witness: someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  • attester: someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
Other hyponyms of witness include attestant, deponent, deposer, testifier.
witness (noun) attester (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
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) attester (verb)
be a witness to
perceive or be contemporaneous with
Difference between witness and attester

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