👉 In linguistics, a subtense is a type of expression that has a different meaning from its direct counterpart. It can be defined as "a phrase or sentence with a distinct form or meaning" and may have a specific context in which it appears. For example: - The main subject of the sentence "I like to run" has been changed to "like running" in a subtense. - However, the subtense is not always grammatical; for example, "run" can be