Duty
Duty noun - A charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use.
Role
Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
Usage example: studying the role of sunlight in the body's production of vitamin D
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- He has an antagonistic role only because he has been deceived by Alhazred and has a strong sense of duty regarding his job, and he does eventually wise up.
Source: Hero Antagonist -
Can also occur with something intangible, like a responsibility, a leadership role, taking point on a patrol, or volunteering for a duty.
Source: Hot Potato - At the end of the game, while Stella tells her father that it was an older sister's duty to bear the responsibility, he tells her not to overdo her role before passing on.
Source: Sibling Seniority Squabble
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