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syntactic category vs tense

tense vs syntactic category

syntactic category and tense both are nouns.

syntactic category is not an adjective while tense is an adjective.

syntactic category is not a verb while tense is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
syntactic category Yes No No No
tense Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, tense is a hyponym of syntactic category; that is, tense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than syntactic category:
  • syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Other hyponyms of syntactic category include case, grammatical case, form class, part of speech, word class, number, person, gender, grammatical gender, participant role, semantic role, inanimacy.
syntactic category (noun) tense (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
syntactic category (adjective) tense (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
syntactic category (verb) tense (verb)
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
increase the tension on
become stretched or tense or taut
Difference between syntactic category and tense

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