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grammatical category vs part of speech

part of speech vs grammatical category

grammatical category and part of speech both are nouns.

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

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