phrase vs predicate

predicate vs phrase

phrase and predicate both are nouns.

phrase and predicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phrase	Yes	No	Yes	No
predicate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, predicate is a hyponym of phrase; that is, predicate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than phrase:

phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
predicate: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

Other hyponyms of phrase include nominal, nominal phrase, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, pronominal, pronominal phrase, response, catch phrase, catchphrase.

phrase (noun)	predicate (noun)
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence	one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence	(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
a short musical passage
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

phrase (verb)	predicate (verb)
put into words or an expression	affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
divide, combine, or mark into phrases	involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
	make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition

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