WordCmp.com

present perfect progressive vs perfective tense

perfective tense vs present perfect progressive

present perfect progressive and perfective tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
present perfect progressive Yes No No No
perfective tense Yes No No No
As nouns, perfective tense is a hypernym of present perfect progressive; that is, perfective tense is a word with a broader meaning than present perfect progressive:
  • present perfect progressive: A verb construction (made up of has been or have been plus the present participle) that emphasizes the ongoing nature of an action that began in the past and continues in the present.
  • perfective tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Other hypernyms of present perfect progressive include perfect, perfect tense, perfective.
present perfect progressive (noun) perfective tense (noun)
A verb construction (made up of has been or have been plus the present participle) that emphasizes the ongoing nature of an action that began in the past and continues in the present. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Difference between present perfect progressive and perfective tense

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.