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verb vs phrasal verb

phrasal verb vs verb

verb and phrasal verb both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
verb Yes No No No
phrasal verb Yes No No No
As nouns, phrasal verb is a hyponym of verb; that is, phrasal verb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than verb:
  • verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
  • phrasal verb: an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
verb (noun) phrasal verb (noun)
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
Difference between verb and phrasal verb

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