tense vs perfective tense

perfective tense vs tense

tense and perfective tense both are nouns.

tense is an adjective but perfective tense is not an adjective.

tense is a verb but perfective tense is not a verb.

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

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

tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
perfective tense: 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, perfect tense, perfective.

tense (noun)	perfective tense (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)	perfective 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

tense (verb)	perfective 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 tense and perfective tense

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