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voice vs active voice

active voice vs voice

voice and active voice both are nouns.

voice is a verb but active voice is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
voice Yes No Yes No
active voice Yes No No No
As nouns, active voice is a hyponym of voice; that is, active voice is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than voice:
  • voice: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
  • active voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
Other hyponyms of voice include active, passive, passive voice, middle voice.
voice (noun) active voice (noun)
a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
the ability to speak
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
expressing in coherent verbal form
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
(metonymy) a singer
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
voice (verb) active voice (verb)
give voice to
utter with vibrating vocal chords
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