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present perfect vs perfect tense

perfect tense vs present perfect

present perfect and perfect tense both are nouns.

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

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