Difference B/ween Passive Form & Intransitive Verbs?

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Here’s a previous answer I gave to this question.

(Example Sentence) Why did my mother stabbed my father and not my father my mother?

Intransitive and passive are not identical, even if they overlap a bit. And no, the intransitive verb is not equivalent to the passive version of the transitive verb. For example: ボールが落ちた - the ball fell ボールを落とした - (I or someone else) dropped the ball. ボールが落とされた - the ball was dropped (by me or someone else)