Affadavit vs Deposition - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between affadavit and deposition

is that affadavit is while deposition is deposition, statement.

(head)

(en noun)

The removal of someone from office.

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

(chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.

(legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

(meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

(religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

* desublimation

* erosion, corrosion * sublimation

* thin film deposition * vapor deposition