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voice vs passive voice

passive voice vs voice

voice and passive voice both are nouns.

voice is a verb but passive voice is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
voice Yes No Yes No
passive voice Yes No No No
As nouns, passive voice is a hyponym of voice; that is, passive 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
  • passive voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
Other hyponyms of voice include active, active voice, passive, middle voice.
voice (noun) passive 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 the recipient (not the source) of the action 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) passive voice (verb)
give voice to
utter with vibrating vocal chords
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