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verb vs auxiliary verb

auxiliary verb vs verb

verb and auxiliary verb both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
verb Yes No No No
auxiliary verb Yes No No No
As nouns, auxiliary verb is a hyponym of verb; that is, auxiliary verb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than verb:
  • verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
  • auxiliary verb: a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
verb (noun) auxiliary verb (noun)
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
Difference between verb and auxiliary verb

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