participant role vs patient

patient vs participant role

participant role and patient both are nouns.

participant role is not an adjective while patient is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
participant role	Yes	No	No	No
patient	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, patient is a hyponym of participant role; that is, patient 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
patient: 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

Other hyponyms of participant role include affected role, patient role, agent, agentive role, benefactive role, beneficiary, instrument, instrumental role, locative, locative role, recipient, recipient role, result, resultant role, temporal, temporal role.

participant role (noun)	patient (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
	a person who requires medical care

participant role (adjective)	patient (adjective)
	enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

Difference between participant role and patient

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