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past progressive vs progressive tense

progressive tense vs past progressive

past progressive and progressive tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
past progressive Yes No No No
progressive tense Yes No No No
As nouns, progressive tense is a hypernym of past progressive; that is, progressive tense is a word with a broader meaning than past progressive:
  • past progressive: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
  • progressive tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Other hypernyms of past progressive include continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive.
past progressive (noun) progressive tense (noun)
a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Difference between past progressive and progressive tense

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