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participant role vs patient role

patient role vs participant role

participant role and patient role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
participant role Yes No No No
patient role Yes No No No
As nouns, patient role is a hyponym of participant role; that is, patient 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
  • patient 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) patient 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 patient role

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