tense vs aorist

aorist vs tense

tense and aorist both are nouns.

tense is an adjective but aorist is not an adjective.

tense is a verb but aorist is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tense	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
aorist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, aorist is a hyponym of tense; that is, aorist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tense:

tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
aorist: a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

Other hyponyms of tense include present, present tense, past, past tense, future, future tense, continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense, perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense.

tense (noun)	aorist (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time	a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

tense (adjective)	aorist (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

tense (verb)	aorist (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 tense and aorist

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