Habitual vs Frequentative - What's the difference?
habitual | frequentative |
Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.
Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.
Regular or usual.
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
(grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
As adjectives the difference between habitual and frequentative
is that habitual is behaving in a regular manner, as a habit while frequentative is .habitual
English
Alternative forms
* habituall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He's a habitual chainsmoker .
- Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust .
- Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table .
Derived terms
* habituallyfrequentative
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Adjective
(-)- "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".