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affected role vs participant role

participant role vs affected role

affected role and participant role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
affected role Yes No No No
participant role Yes No No No
As nouns, participant role is a hypernym of affected role; that is, participant role is a word with a broader meaning than affected role:
  • affected role: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
  • participant role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Other hypernyms of affected role include semantic role.
affected role (noun) participant role (noun)
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Difference between affected role and participant role

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