predicate vs phrase

phrase vs predicate

predicate and phrase both are nouns.

predicate and phrase both are verbs.

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

As nouns, phrase is a hypernym of predicate; that is, phrase is a word with a broader meaning than predicate:

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

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

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

Difference between predicate and phrase

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