temporal vs participant role

participant role vs temporal

temporal and participant role both are nouns.

temporal is an adjective but participant role is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
temporal	Yes	Yes	No	No
participant role	Yes	No	No	No

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

temporal: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
participant role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause

Other hypernyms of temporal include semantic role.

temporal (noun)	participant role (noun)
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb	(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause

temporal (adjective)	participant role (adjective)
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
of or relating to or limited by time
of this earth or world
not eternal

Difference between temporal and participant role

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