temporal vs semantic role

semantic role vs temporal

temporal and semantic role both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, semantic role is a hypernym of temporal; that is, semantic 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
semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause

Other hypernyms of temporal include participant role.

temporal (noun)	semantic 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)	semantic 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 semantic role

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