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word class vs syntactic category

syntactic category vs word class

word class and syntactic category both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
word class Yes No No No
syntactic category Yes No No No
As nouns, syntactic category is a hypernym of word class; that is, syntactic category is a word with a broader meaning than word class:
  • word class: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
  • syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Other hypernyms of word class include grammatical category.
word class (noun) syntactic category (noun)
one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Difference between word class and syntactic category

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