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participant role vs affected role

affected role vs participant role

participant role and affected role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
participant role Yes No No No
affected role Yes No No No
As nouns, affected role is a hyponym of participant role; that is, affected role is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than participant role:
  • participant role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
  • 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 (noun) affected role (noun)
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a 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
Difference between participant role and affected role

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