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grammatical category vs category

category vs grammatical category

grammatical category and category both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical category Yes No No No
category Yes No No No
As nouns, category is a hypernym of grammatical category; that is, category is a word with a broader meaning than grammatical category:
  • grammatical category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • category: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Other hypernyms of grammatical category include class, family.
grammatical category (noun) category (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Difference between grammatical category and category

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