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Preterit vs Pluperfect - What's the difference?

preterit | pluperfect |

As nouns the difference between preterit and pluperfect

is that preterit is (us) while pluperfect is the pluperfect tense.

As an adjective pluperfect is

more than perfect.

preterit

English

Noun

(-)
  • (US)

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • preterite

    • pluperfect

    English

    (wikipedia pluperfect)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • More than perfect
  • (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another

    • Related terms

    * pluperfection

    Usage notes

    * In many languages this is implemented using a participle and an auxiliary verb in a past tense

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pluperfect tense
  • A verb in this tense