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past perfect vs perfective

perfective vs past perfect

past perfect and perfective both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
past perfect Yes No No No
perfective Yes No No No
As nouns, perfective is a hypernym of past perfect; that is, perfective is a word with a broader meaning than past perfect:
  • past perfect: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  • perfective: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Other hypernyms of past perfect include perfect, perfect tense, perfective tense.
past perfect (noun) perfective (noun)
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Difference between past perfect and perfective

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