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Adverb vs Prepositions - What's the difference?

adverb | prepositions |

As nouns the difference between adverb and prepositions

is that adverb is adverb while prepositions is .

adverb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely ’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb .
  • * (modifying a verb'') ''I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
  • * (modifying an adjective'') ''It was often cold outside.
  • * (modifying another adverb'') ''Not often .

    • Usage notes

    * Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending (-ly) and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but not nouns or noun phrases.

    Derived terms

    * adverbial * adverbially * conjunctive adverb * pronominal adverb

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • an (l)

    • References

    * ----

    prepositions

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (preposition)
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