Difference between Waiver and Disclaimer

What is the difference between Waiver and Disclaimer?

Waiver as a noun is the act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. while Disclaimer as a noun is one who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

Waiver

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To waive (to relinquish, to forego). See waive.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. A legal document releasing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). Also used for such a form even before it is filled out and signed. Something that releases a person from a requirement.

Disclaimer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.

We hope you now know whether to use Waiver or Disclaimer in your sentence.

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