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participant role vs instrumental role

instrumental role vs participant role

participant role and instrumental role both are nouns.

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

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