No, sooner is an adverb.
But there is a proper noun Sooner, a nickname applied to pioneers in the Oklahoma Territory.
The word then can be a conjunction, and also an adverb (and hyphenated as an adjective).The word than is also a conjunction, used as a comparative. Arguably, it serves as a preposition where there the understood verb is missing. (He is taller than I, or He is taller than me)Confusion can occur in sentences using sooner...than (e.g. He had no sooner entered the house than a quarrel erupted). Sooner does not pair with then.
Examples of abstract, concrete noun combinations:Statue of Liberty (statue is a concrete noun; liberty of an abstract noun)science building (science is an abstract noun; building is a concrete noun)bargain basement (bargain is an abstract noun; basement is a concrete noun)the noun 'air' is a concrete noun as a word for the substance that surrounds the earth; the noun 'air' is an abstract noun as a word for the ambiance of a place.the noun 'heart' is a concrete noun as a word for an organ of the body; the noun 'heart' is an abstract noun as a word for the essence of something.the noun 'edge' is a concrete noun as a word for the sharp side of a blade; the noun 'edge' is an abstract noun as a word for an advantage.
The noun 'hopefulness' is an abstract noun, a word for an emotion.
Yes, the noun 'question' is an abstract noun, a word for a concept (an idea noun).
The noun friend (friends) is a concrete nounfor a physical person (people).The noun friendship is an abstract noun, a word for a concept.
No, it is an adverb. It is the comparative form of the adverb 'soon'. The capitalized form Sooner is a noun that refers to people of Oklahoma, referring to those who homesteaded the territory before it was officially opened to settlement.
The Sooner State.
No sooner met but they looked, No sooner looked but they loved, No sooner loved but they sighed, No sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason, No sooner the reason but they sought the remedy, And in these degrees they made a pair of stairs to marriage. Shakespeare, As you Like it
I'd rather arrive sooner than later. Their boat is scheduled to arrive sooner than ours. I'd like to take the same schooner as Mrs. Spooner because it will arrive sooner.
sooner state
The Sooner State
The Sooner It Comes was created in 2004-01.
A "sooner dog" can look like most any dog. Sooner isn't a breed of dog, it's more like it's a descriptive word for an attitude. I believe that "sooner" is a name for a dog that would "sooner" do this or that as to do that or this. In other words it's the sort of dog that would sooner urinate on the carpet than urinate on a tree. You can substitute the italics with most any things he would "sooner" do.
Sooner or Later in Spain was created in 2005.
Faster Sooner Now was created in 1996.
Oklahoma, the sooner state, has the postal abbreviation of OK.
A sooner was somebody staking a piece of land in the 1889 Oklahoma.