idiom vs mode

idiom and mode both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
idiom	Yes	No	No	No
mode	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mode is a hypernym of idiom; that is, mode is a word with a broader meaning than idiom:

idiom: the style of a particular artist or school or movement
mode: how something is done or how it happens

Other hypernyms of idiom include fashion, manner, style, way.

idiom (noun)	mode (noun)
the style of a particular artist or school or movement	how something is done or how it happens
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people	the most frequent value of a random variable
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up	any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language	a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
	a particular functioning condition or arrangement

Difference between idiom and mode

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