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future progressive vs continuous tense

continuous tense vs future progressive

future progressive and continuous tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
future progressive Yes No No No
continuous tense Yes No No No
As nouns, continuous tense is a hypernym of future progressive; that is, continuous tense is a word with a broader meaning than future progressive:
  • future progressive: a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future
  • continuous tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Other hypernyms of future progressive include imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense.
future progressive (noun) continuous tense (noun)
a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Difference between future progressive and continuous tense

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