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imperative form vs modality

modality vs imperative form

imperative form and modality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
imperative form Yes No No No
modality Yes No No No
As nouns, modality is a hypernym of imperative form; that is, modality is a word with a broader meaning than imperative form:
  • imperative form: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
  • modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Other hypernyms of imperative form include mode, mood.
imperative form (noun) modality (noun)
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
a particular sense
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
Difference between imperative form and modality

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