excerpt vs passage

passage vs excerpt

excerpt and passage both are nouns.

excerpt is a verb but passage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excerpt	Yes	No	Yes	No
passage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, passage is a hypernym of excerpt; that is, passage is a word with a broader meaning than excerpt:

excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work
passage: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

excerpt (noun)	passage (noun)
a passage selected from a larger work	a journey usually by ship
	the passing of a law by a legislative body
	the act of passing something to another person
	the act of passing from one state or place to the next
	a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
	a way through or along which someone or something may pass
	a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
	a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
	a short section of a musical composition
	the motion of one object relative to another

excerpt (verb)	passage (verb)
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

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