Statement vs Testimony - What's the difference?
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A declaration or remark.
A presentation of opinion or position.
(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
(computing) An instruction in a computer program.
To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
(legal) statements made by a witness in court.
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, date = 21 August 2012
, first = Ed
, last = Pilkington
, title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
, newspaper = The Guardian
, url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true
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, passage = The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991.
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An account of first-hand experience.
* Milton
In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
* Bible Mark vi. 11
As nouns the difference between statement and testimony
is that statement is a declaration or remark while testimony is statements made by a witness in court.As a verb statement
is to provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.statement
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- a bank statement
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* environmental impact statement * fashion statement * financial statement * impact statement * mission statement * statemental * victim impact statement * vision statementEtymology 2
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(wikipedia testimony)Alternative forms
* testimonie (obsolete)Noun
(testimonies)- [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.
- When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.