perfect tense vs preterite

perfect tense

noun
  • A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future. 

  • Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses. 

preterite

noun
  • A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past. 

adj
  • Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. 

  • showing an action at a determined moment in the past. 

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