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Adverbial vs Converb - What's the difference?

adverbial | converb |

As nouns the difference between adverbial and converb

is that adverbial is an adverbial word or phrase while converb is a non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.

As an adjective adverbial

is of or relating to an adverb.

adverbial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (grammar) of or relating to an adverb
  • *
    • And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
    (123) (a)      [How quickly''] will he drink the beer —?
    (123) (b)      [''How carefully''] did he plan his campaign —?
    (123) (c)      [''How well     ] did he treat her —?

    Derived terms

    * adverbially * adverbial adjunct * adverbial case * adverbial clause * adverbial phrase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) an adverbial word or phrase

    • See also

    * ("adverbial" on Wikipedia)

    converb

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia converb) (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.

    • See also

    * verb * converbal * coverb * (pedia)