future vs tense
tense vs futurefuture and tense both are nouns.
future and tense both are adjectives.
future is not a verb while tense is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| tense | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
tense is a hypernym of
future; that is, tense is a
word with a broader meaning than future:
- future: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
| future (noun) | tense (noun) |
|---|---|
| bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
| a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | |
| the time yet to come |
| future (adjective) | tense (adjective) |
|---|---|
| yet to be or coming | taut or rigid; stretched tight |
| a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') |
| (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
| effective in or looking toward the future |
| future (verb) | tense (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | |
| become tense, nervous, or uneasy | |
| increase the tension on | |
| become stretched or tense or taut |
Words related to "future"
- approaching
- by-and-by
- coming
- commodity
- early
- emerging
- forthcoming
- future tense
- future-day
- futurity
- good
- grammar
- hereafter
- in store
- incoming
- kingdom come
- manana
- next
- offing
- oil future
- past
- petroleum future
- present
- prospective
- prox
- proximo
- rising
- soybean future
- succeeding
- tense
- time
- time to come
- timing
- tomorrow
- trade good
- upcoming
- wheat future
Words related to "tense"
- affect
- agitated
- alter
- antsy
- aorist
- aroused
- change
- change state
- cliff-hanging
- constricted
- continuous tense
- edgy
- electric
- extend
- fidgety
- fretful
- future
- future tense
- grammatical category
- high-strung
- highly strung
- imperfect
- imperfect tense
- isotonic
- itchy
- jittery
- jumpy
- lax
- modify
- nail-biting
- nervous
- nervy
- overstrung
- past
- past tense
- perfect
- perfect tense
- perfective
- perfective tense
- phonetics
- present
- present tense
- progressive
- progressive tense
- pumped
- pumped up
- pumped-up
- relax
- relaxed
- restive
- restless
- strain
- strained
- stretch
- suspenseful
- suspensive
- syntactic category
- taut
- tense
- tense up
- tenseness
- tension
- tensity
- tensor
- tight
- tighten
- turn
- uneasy
- unrelaxed
- uptight
- wired
- wound up
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