Adjectives modify nouns by describing or changing them, answering questions like what kind. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing how something is done, answering questions like how. Both adjectives and adverbs are used to describe or modify other words, with adjectives focusing on nouns and adverbs focusing on verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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1. Definitions
An adjective is a word or setof words that modifies (i.e., describes) a noun or pronoun.Adjectives may
come before the word they modify.
Adjectives modify nouns. To modify means to change in some way
Adjectives usually answer one of a few different questions
Adjectives describe nouns
An adverb is a word or setof words that modifies verbs,adjectives,or other adverbs.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. (You can recognize adverbs easily
because many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective, though that is not always
the case.) The most common question that adverbs answer is how.
Adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
Adverbs describe verbs