witness vs hostile witness

hostile witness vs witness

witness and hostile witness both are nouns.

witness is a verb but hostile witness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, hostile witness is a hyponym of witness; that is, hostile 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
hostile 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 adverse witness, character witness, expert witness, lay witness, material witness.

witness (noun)	hostile 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)	hostile witness (verb)
be a witness to
perceive or be contemporaneous with

Difference between witness and hostile witness

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