witness vs material witness

material witness vs witness

witness and material witness both are nouns.

witness is a verb but material witness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, material witness is a hyponym of witness; that is, material 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
material witness: a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter

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

witness (noun)	material witness (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith	a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter
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)	material witness (verb)
be a witness to
perceive or be contemporaneous with

Difference between witness and material witness

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