written document vs declaration

declaration vs written document

written document and declaration both are nouns.

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

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

written document: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
declaration: a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Other hyponyms of written document include ballot, brevet, capitulation, certificate, certification, credential, credentials, charter, commercial document, commercial instrument, confession, 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, resolution, resolve, source, specification, voucher, report, study, written report.

written document (noun)	declaration (noun)
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)	a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
	a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
	(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
	a formal public statement
	(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
	a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Difference between written document and declaration

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