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pluperfect vs perfect tense

perfect tense vs pluperfect

pluperfect and perfect tense both are nouns.

pluperfect is an adjective but perfect tense is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pluperfect Yes Yes No No
perfect tense Yes No No No
As nouns, perfect tense is a hypernym of pluperfect; that is, perfect tense is a word with a broader meaning than pluperfect:
  • pluperfect: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  • perfect tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Other hypernyms of pluperfect include perfect, perfective, perfective tense.
pluperfect (noun) perfect tense (noun)
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)
pluperfect (adjective) perfect tense (adjective)
more than perfect
Difference between pluperfect and perfect tense

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