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progressive tense vs past progressive

past progressive vs progressive tense

progressive tense and past progressive both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
progressive tense Yes No No No
past progressive Yes No No No
As nouns, past progressive is a hyponym of progressive tense; that is, past progressive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than progressive tense:
  • progressive tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  • past progressive: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
progressive tense (noun) past progressive (noun)
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
Difference between progressive tense and past progressive

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