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Eyewitness vs Hearsay - What's the difference?

eyewitness | hearsay |

As nouns the difference between eyewitness and hearsay

is that eyewitness is someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it while hearsay is information that was heard by one person about another.

As a verb eyewitness

is to be present at an event, and see it.

eyewitness

English

(wikipedia eyewitness)

Alternative forms

* eye-witness * eye witness

Noun

  • Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
  • *

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To be present at an event, and see it

    • hearsay

    English

    (wikipedia hearsay)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • information that was heard by one person about another
  • (legal) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
  • (legal) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions

    • Synonyms

    * report * rumor * common talk * gossip

    See also

    * hear * as they say * you know what they say * so they say

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