witness vs see

witness and see both are nouns.

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

As verbs, witness and see are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of witness include find.

As verbs, see is a hypernym of witness; that is, see is a word with a broader meaning than witness:

Other hypernyms of witness include experience, go through.

witness (noun)	see (noun)
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith	the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
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)	see (verb)
be a witness to	deem to be
perceive or be contemporaneous with	perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
	be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
	deliberate or decide
	make sense of; assign a meaning to
	find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
	match or meet
	receive as a specified guest
	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
	come together
	conduct someone someplace
	perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
	perceive or be contemporaneous with
	see or watch
	see and understand, have a good eye
	observe as if with an eye
	undergo or live through a difficult experience
	observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
	date regularly; have a steady relationship with
	go to see a place, as for entertainment
	go to see for professional or business reasons
	go to see for a social visit
	take charge of or deal with