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What is the difference between adjective and participle?

adjective | participle |

Participle is a conjunction of adjective.



In grammar terms the difference between adjective and participle

is that adjective is a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent while participle is a form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle.

As an adjective adjective

is incapable of independent function.

As a verb adjective

is to make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.

adjective

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
  • * 1899 , , Emerson and Other Essays , AMS Press (1969) (as [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13088 reproduced] in Project Gutenberg)
    • In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
  • (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
  • (legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
  • * Macaulay
    • The whole English law, substantive and adjective .
  • (chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

    • Synonyms

    * (incapable of independent function) dependent, derivative * (functioning as an adjective) adjectival * (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) procedural

    Antonyms

    * (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) substantive * (of a dye that needs the use of a mordant) substantive

    Derived terms

    * adjectival * adjective clause * adjective phrase * adjective patterns * proper adjective * common adjective

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia adjective)
  • (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
    • The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives .
  • (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
    • (Fuller)

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (adjectiv)
  • To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
  • * Tooke
    • Language has as much occasion to adjective' the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has ' adjectived all three.
  • * 1832 , William Hunter, An Anglo-Saxon grammar, and derivatives (page 46)
    • In English, instead of adjectiving' our own substantives, we have borrowed, in immense numbers, ' adjectived signs from other languages

    participle

    English

    (wikipedia participle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle.

    • Usage notes

    Participles can be combined with the auxiliary verbs have'' and ''be to form the perfect aspect, the progressive aspect, and the passive voice. The tense is always expressed through the auxiliary verb. * I have asked. (present tense, perfect aspect) * I am asking. (present tense, progressive aspect) * I am asked. (present tense, passive voice) When not combined with have'' or ''be , participles are almost always adjectives and can form adjectival phrases called participial phrases. Nouns can occasionally be derived from these adjectives: * the following items * the following * the dying victims * the dying In English, participles typically end in -ing'', ''-ed'' or ''-en .

    Derived terms

    * future participle * perfect passive participle