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phrasal verb vs verb

verb vs phrasal verb

phrasal verb and verb both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
phrasal verb Yes No No No
verb Yes No No No
As nouns, verb is a hypernym of phrasal verb; that is, verb is a word with a broader meaning than phrasal verb:
  • phrasal verb: an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
  • verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
phrasal verb (noun) verb (noun)
an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
Difference between phrasal verb and verb

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