written document vs confession

confession vs written document

written document and confession both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
written document	Yes	No	No	No
confession	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confession is a hyponym of written document; that is, confession is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than written document:

written document: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
confession: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

Other hyponyms of written document include ballot, brevet, capitulation, certificate, certification, credential, credentials, charter, commercial document, commercial instrument, copyright, right of first publication, enclosure, inclosure, form, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, papyrus, patent, patent of invention, platform, political platform, political program, program, resignation, declaration, resolution, resolve, source, specification, voucher, report, study, written report.

written document (noun)	confession (noun)
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)	(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
	an admission of misdeeds or faults
	a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
	a public declaration of your faith
	the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

Difference between written document and confession

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