passage vs excerpt

excerpt vs passage

passage and excerpt both are nouns.

passage is not a verb while excerpt is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
passage	Yes	No	No	No
excerpt	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

passage: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work

Other hyponyms of passage include excerption, extract, selection, locus classicus, place, purple passage, transition, text, promythium, epimythium.

passage (noun)	excerpt (noun)
a journey usually by ship	a passage selected from a larger work
the passing of a law by a legislative body
the act of passing something to another person
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
a way through or along which someone or something may pass
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
a short section of a musical composition
the motion of one object relative to another

passage (verb)	excerpt (verb)
	take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

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