Testimony vs. Deposition — What's the Difference?

In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.

The act of deposing, as from high office.

A formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law

The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process.

A declaration by a witness under oath, as that given before a court or deliberative body.

Something deposited; a deposit.

All such declarations, spoken or written, offered in a legal case or deliberative hearing.

(Law) Sworn testimony recorded for use in court at a later date.

Evidence in support of a fact or assertion; proof.

Deposition The removal of Jesus from the cross.

A public declaration regarding a religious experience.

The removal of someone from office.

In the Bible, the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.

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

The ark containing these tablets.

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

(legal) Statements made by a witness in court.

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

An account of first-hand experience.

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

(religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.

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

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

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

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

Open attestation; profession.

The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

The two tables of the law.

An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre Scriptures.

The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

A solemn statement made under oath

(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually done in a lawyer's office

An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact;

The act of putting something somewhere

Something that serves as evidence;

The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office