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voice vs middle voice

middle voice vs voice

voice and middle voice both are nouns.

voice is a verb but middle voice is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
voice Yes No Yes No
middle voice Yes No No No
As nouns, middle voice is a hyponym of voice; that is, middle 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
  • middle voice: (grammar) The form in which the subject of a verb performs some action upon itself.
Other hyponyms of voice include active, active voice, passive, passive voice.
voice (noun) middle voice (noun)
a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated (grammar) The form in which the subject of a verb performs some action upon itself.
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) middle voice (verb)
give voice to
utter with vibrating vocal chords
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