patient vs semantic role

semantic role vs patient

patient and semantic role both are nouns.

patient is an adjective but semantic role is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, semantic role is a hypernym of patient; that is, semantic role is a word with a broader meaning than patient:

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
semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause

Other hypernyms of patient include participant role.

patient (noun)	semantic role (noun)
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	(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
a person who requires medical care

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

Difference between patient and semantic role

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