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witness vs experience

experience vs witness

witness and experience both are nouns.

witness and experience both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
witness Yes No Yes No
experience Yes No Yes No
As verbs, experience is a hypernym of witness; that is, experience is a word with a broader meaning than witness:
  • witness: perceive or be contemporaneous with
  • experience: undergo or live through a difficult experience
Other hypernyms of witness include go through, see.
witness (noun) experience (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith the content of direct observation or participation in an event
someone who sees an event and reports what happened the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) an event as apprehended
(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) experience (verb)
be a witness to undergo
perceive or be contemporaneous with have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
undergo or live through a difficult experience
Difference between witness and experience

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