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nominative vs grammatical case

grammatical case vs nominative

nominative and grammatical case both are nouns.

nominative is an adjective but grammatical case is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nominative Yes Yes No No
grammatical case Yes No No No
As nouns, grammatical case is a hypernym of nominative; that is, grammatical case is a word with a broader meaning than nominative:
  • nominative: the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
  • grammatical case: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Other hypernyms of nominative include case.
nominative (noun) grammatical case (noun)
the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
nominative (adjective) grammatical case (adjective)
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
appointed by nomination
named; bearing the name of a specific person
Difference between nominative and grammatical case

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