The difference between Aorist aspect and Semelfactive aspect

When used as nouns, aorist aspect means a temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole, whereas semelfactive aspect means a subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink).


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  1. Aorist aspect as a noun (grammar):

    A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.

  1. Semelfactive aspect as a noun (grammar):

    A subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink).