grammatical meaning vs import

import vs grammatical meaning

grammatical meaning and import both are nouns.

grammatical meaning is not a verb while import is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grammatical meaning	Yes	No	No	No
import	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, import is a hypernym of grammatical meaning; that is, import is a word with a broader meaning than grammatical meaning:

grammatical meaning: the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
import: the message that is intended or expressed or signified

Other hypernyms of grammatical meaning include meaning, significance, signification.

grammatical meaning (noun)	import (noun)
the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form	commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
	having important effects or influence
	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
	the message that is intended or expressed or signified
	an imported person brought from a foreign country

grammatical meaning (verb)	import (verb)
	indicate or signify
	bring in from abroad
	transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

Difference between grammatical meaning and import

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