means vs voice

means and voice both are nouns.

means is not a verb while voice is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
means	Yes	No	No	No
voice	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, voice is a hyponym of means; that is, voice is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than means:

means: to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
voice: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated

Other hyponyms of means include dint, escape, fast track, instrument, tool, road, stepping stone, expedient, desperate measure, open sesame, salvation, tooth, wings.

means (noun)	voice (noun)
to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end	a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end	the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
considerable capital (wealth or income)	the ability to speak
	the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
	expressing in coherent verbal form
	the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
	something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
	A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
	a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
	an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
	(metonymy) a singer
	(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

means (verb)	voice (verb)
	give voice to
	utter with vibrating vocal chords

Difference between means and voice

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