The difference between Imperfective aspect and Iterative aspect

When used as nouns, imperfective aspect means a feature of the verb which denotes an action or condition that does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress, whereas iterative aspect means a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. an example in english would be the iterative verb , as opposed to the noniterative .

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  1. Imperfective aspect as a noun (grammar):

    A feature of the verb which denotes an action or condition that does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.

  1. Iterative aspect as a noun (grammar):

    A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb , as opposed to the noniterative .

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