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declarative vs mood

mood vs declarative

declarative and mood both are nouns.

declarative is an adjective but mood is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
declarative Yes Yes No No
mood Yes No No No
As nouns, mood is a hypernym of declarative; that is, mood is a word with a broader meaning than declarative:
  • declarative: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  • mood: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Other hypernyms of declarative include modality, mode.
declarative (noun) mood (noun)
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
the prevailing psychological state
declarative (adjective) mood (adjective)
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
Difference between declarative and mood

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