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past progressive tense vs imperfect tense

imperfect tense vs past progressive tense

past progressive tense and imperfect tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
past progressive tense Yes No No No
imperfect tense Yes No No No
As nouns, imperfect tense is a hypernym of past progressive tense; that is, imperfect 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
  • imperfect tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Other hypernyms of past progressive tense include continuous tense, imperfect, progressive, progressive tense.
past progressive tense (noun) imperfect 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 imperfect tense

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