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grammatical category vs inanimacy

inanimacy vs grammatical category

grammatical category and inanimacy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical category Yes No No No
inanimacy Yes No No No
As nouns, inanimacy is a hyponym of grammatical category; that is, inanimacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical category:
  • grammatical category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • inanimacy: (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc).
grammatical category (noun) inanimacy (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc).
Difference between grammatical category and inanimacy

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