Here's a breakdown:
* Tense is a grammatical category that expresses the time at which an action or state occurs.
* Verb tenses are the forms a verb takes to indicate when an action happened (past, present, or future).
For example, in English, we have three basic tenses:
* Past tense: "I walked to the store." (Action happened in the past)
* Present tense: "I walk to the store every day." (Action happens regularly in the present)
* Future tense: "I will walk to the store tomorrow." (Action will happen in the future)
There are also other tenses, like the present perfect ("I have walked to the store"), past perfect ("I had walked to the store"), future perfect ("I will have walked to the store") and so on.
Let me know if you'd like to explore specific verb tenses or their uses in more detail!