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past progressive tense vs continuous tense

continuous tense vs past progressive tense

past progressive tense and continuous tense both are nouns.

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

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