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voice vs means

means vs voice

voice and means both are nouns.

voice is a verb but means is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
voice Yes No Yes No
means Yes No No No
As nouns, means is a hypernym of voice; that is, means is a word with a broader meaning than voice:
  • voice: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
  • means: to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
Other hypernyms of voice include agency, way.
voice (noun) means (noun)
a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
the ability to speak considerable capital (wealth or income)
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) means (verb)
give voice to
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Difference between voice and means

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