tense vs future

future vs tense

tense and future both are nouns.

tense and future both are adjectives.

tense is a verb but future is not a verb.

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

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

tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
future: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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

tense (noun)	future (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time	bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
	a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
	the time yet to come

tense (adjective)	future (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight	yet to be or coming
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')	a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension	(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
	effective in or looking toward the future

tense (verb)	future (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 future

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