tense vs progressive tense

progressive tense vs tense

tense and progressive tense both are nouns.

tense is an adjective but progressive tense is not an adjective.

tense is a verb but progressive tense is not a verb.

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

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

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

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

tense (adjective)	progressive 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)	progressive 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 progressive tense

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