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grammatical category vs form class

form class vs grammatical category

grammatical category and form class both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical category Yes No No No
form class Yes No No No
As nouns, form class is a hyponym of grammatical category; that is, form class is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical category:
  • grammatical category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • form class: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
grammatical category (noun) form class (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
Difference between grammatical category and form class

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