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speech act vs human action

human action vs speech act

speech act and human action both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speech act Yes No No No
human action Yes No No No
As nouns, human action is a hypernym of speech act; that is, human action is a word with a broader meaning than speech act:
  • speech act: the use of language to perform some act
  • human action: something that people do or cause to happen
Other hypernyms of speech act include act, deed, human activity.
speech act (noun) human action (noun)
the use of language to perform some act something that people do or cause to happen
Difference between speech act and human action

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