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grammatical category vs grammatical case

grammatical case vs grammatical category

grammatical category and grammatical case both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical category Yes No No No
grammatical case Yes No No No
As nouns, grammatical case is a hyponym of grammatical category; that is, grammatical case is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical category:
  • grammatical category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • grammatical case: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
grammatical category (noun) grammatical case (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Difference between grammatical category and grammatical case

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