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present progressive vs imperfect tense

imperfect tense vs present progressive

present progressive and imperfect tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
present progressive Yes No No No
imperfect tense Yes No No No
As nouns, imperfect tense is a hypernym of present progressive; that is, imperfect tense is a word with a broader meaning than present progressive:
  • present progressive: a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
  • imperfect tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Other hypernyms of present progressive include continuous tense, imperfect, progressive, progressive tense.
present progressive (noun) imperfect tense (noun)
a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Difference between present progressive and imperfect tense

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