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past perfect vs perfective tense

perfective tense vs past perfect

past perfect and perfective tense both are nouns.

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

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