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instrumental role vs participant role

participant role vs instrumental role

instrumental role and participant role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
instrumental role Yes No No No
participant role Yes No No No
As nouns, participant role is a hypernym of instrumental role; that is, participant role is a word with a broader meaning than instrumental role:
  • instrumental role: the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
  • participant role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Other hypernyms of instrumental role include semantic role.
instrumental role (noun) participant role (noun)
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Difference between instrumental role and participant role

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