perfective vs past perfect
past perfect vs perfectiveperfective and past perfect both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| perfective | Yes | No | No | No |
| past perfect | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
past perfect is a hyponym of
perfective; that is, past perfect is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
perfective:
- perfective: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
- past perfect: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Other hyponyms of perfective include
present perfect, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense, future perfect, future perfect tense, present perfect continuous, present perfect progressive.
| perfective (noun) | past perfect (noun) |
|---|---|
| the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action | 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) |
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