What's the difference between preterist and preterit?

Preterist


Definition:

  • (n.) One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.
  • (n.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.

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Preterit


Definition:

  • (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
  • (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
  • (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A research on the acquisition of morphemes of plural, diminutive, augmentative, gerund, imperfect, and preterite with 109 Spanish children from 3 to 6 is reported.

Words possibly related to "preterist"

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