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tense vs syntactic category

syntactic category vs tense

tense and syntactic category both are nouns.

tense is an adjective but syntactic category is not an adjective.

tense is a verb but syntactic category is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tense Yes Yes Yes No
syntactic category Yes No No No
As nouns, syntactic category is a hypernym of tense; that is, syntactic category is a word with a broader meaning than tense:
  • tense: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  • syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Other hypernyms of tense include grammatical category.
tense (noun) syntactic category (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
tense (adjective) syntactic category (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) syntactic category (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 syntactic category

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