tense vs progressive

progressive vs tense

tense and progressive both are nouns.

tense and progressive both are adjectives.

tense is a verb but progressive is not a verb.

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

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

tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
progressive: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

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

tense (noun)	progressive (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time	a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
	a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

tense (adjective)	progressive (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight	favoring or promoting progress
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')	(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension	advancing in severity
	gradually advancing in extent
	favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
	(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

tense (verb)	progressive (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 progressive

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