patient role vs affected role

patient role and affected role both are nouns.

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

As nouns, patient role and affected role are synonyms defined as:

patient role and affected 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

Other synonyms of patient role include patient.

patient role (noun)	affected 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	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