Confidant vs. Witness — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Confidant and Witness
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Definitions
Confidant
The confidant ( or ; feminine: confidante, same pronunciation) is a character in a story whom a protagonist confides in and trusts. Confidants may be other principal characters, characters who command trust by virtue of their position such as doctors or other authority figures, or anonymous confidants with no separate role in the narrative.
Witness
In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what he or she knows or claims to know.
Confidant
One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.
Witness
One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced
A witness to the accident.
Confidant
A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.
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Witness
One who is called on to testify before a court.
Confidant
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Witness
One who is called on to be present at a transaction in order to attest to what takes place.
Confidant
One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
You love me for no other endThan to become my confidant and friend;As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Witness
One who signs one's name to a document for the purpose of attesting to its authenticity.
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Confidant
Someone to whom private matters are confided
Witness
Attestation to a fact, statement, or event; testimony
She bears witness to these events in her letters.
Witness
Something that serves as evidence; a sign
The parody of the poem is a witness to the poem's popularity.
Witness
One who publicly affirms religious faith.
Witness
Witness A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Witness
To see or know by personal experience
Witness a robbery.
Witness the birth of a new nation.
Witness
To provide or serve as evidence of
The child's laughter witnessed her delight.
Witness
To consider as an example. Often used in the imperative
Even a widespread species can go extinct. Witness the passenger pigeon.
Witness
To testify to; bear witness of
The diary witnesses the difficult living conditions of the time.
Witness
To be the setting or site of
This old auditorium has witnessed many ceremonies.
Witness
To attest to the legality or authenticity of (a document) by signing one's name.
Witness
To furnish or serve as evidence
The fine buildings witness to the town's prosperity.
Witness
To testify to one's religious beliefs
"As they witnessed to their faith they brought others to believe" (Leon Morris).
Witness
(uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
Witness
(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
Witness
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
Witness
(countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.
Witness
(countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
Witness
(transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
Witness
(transitive) To take as evidence.
Witness
(transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
He witnessed the accident.
Witness
To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
Witness
To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
To witness a bond or a deed
Witness
Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
Witness
That which furnishes evidence or proof.
Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
Witness
One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.
Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
Witness
One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
This, I confess, is haste with a witness.
Witness
To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity.
General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
Witness
To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
Behold how many things they witness against thee.
Witness
To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
Witness
To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.
The men of Belial witnessed against him.
The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event [martyrdom] that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death.
Witness
Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Witness
A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind);
The spectators applauded the performance
Television viewers
Sky watchers discovered a new star
Witness
Testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
Witness
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Witness
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
Witness
Be a witness to
Witness
Perceive or be contemporaneous with;
We found Republicans winning the offices
You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
I want to see results
The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
I want to see results