indicative vs modality

modality vs indicative

indicative and modality both are nouns.

indicative is an adjective but modality is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indicative	Yes	Yes	No	No
modality	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, modality is a hypernym of indicative; that is, modality is a word with a broader meaning than indicative:

indicative: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Other hypernyms of indicative include mode, mood.

indicative (noun)	modality (noun)
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact	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

indicative (adjective)	modality (adjective)
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

Difference between indicative and modality

Words related to "indicative"

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