affected role vs patient role

affected role and patient role both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affected role	Yes	No	No	No
patient role	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, affected role and patient role are synonyms defined as:

affected role and patient 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

Other synonyms of affected role include patient.

affected role (noun)	patient 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	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