Deverbal noun

Verbal nouns and deverbal nouns are distinct syntactic word classes. Functionally, deverbal nouns operate as autonomous common nouns,^[1] while verbal nouns retain verbal characteristics.^{[clarification needed]}

There are two connotations of the deverbal nouns: the one formed without any suffix,^{[example needed]} or any noun descending from a verb.^[2]

• Denominal verb
• Gerund
• Verbal noun

• A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman Publication. Page. 1288 (Chapter 17)
• Huddleston, Rodney (27 September 1984). Introduction to the Grammar of English. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-16578-5. OCLC 818234224.