witness vs character witness

character witness vs witness

witness and character witness both are nouns.

witness is a verb but character witness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, character witness is a hyponym of witness; that is, character 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
character witness: a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives

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

witness (noun)	character witness (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith	a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives
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)	character witness (verb)
be a witness to
perceive or be contemporaneous with

Difference between witness and character witness

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