Preterite vs Pasta - What's the difference?
preterite | pasta |
(grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
* Lowell
(grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
(uncountable) (particularly in Italian cooking ) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.
(uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
(countable) A type of pasta.
As nouns the difference between preterite and pasta
is that preterite is the preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past while pasta is (particularly in Italian cooking) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.As an adjective preterite
is showing an action at a determined moment in the past.preterite
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Alternative forms
* preterit (US) * praeterite * (archaic) *Adjective
(-)- Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.