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pluperfect vs perfective

perfective vs pluperfect

pluperfect and perfective both are nouns.

pluperfect is an adjective but perfective is not an adjective.

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

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