tense vs perfect

perfect vs tense

tense and perfect both are nouns.

tense and perfect both are adjectives.

tense and perfect both are verbs.

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

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

tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
perfect: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

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

tense (noun)	perfect (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time	a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

tense (adjective)	perfect (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight	being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')	precisely accurate or exact
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension	without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

tense (verb)	perfect (verb)
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious	make perfect or complete
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
increase the tension on
become stretched or tense or taut

Difference between tense and perfect

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