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patient role vs semantic role

semantic role vs patient role

patient role and semantic role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
patient role Yes No No No
semantic role Yes No No No
As nouns, semantic role is a hypernym of patient role; that is, semantic role is a word with a broader meaning than patient role:
  • 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
  • semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Other hypernyms of patient role include participant role.
patient role (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
Difference between patient role and semantic role

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