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indicative vs mood

mood vs indicative

indicative and mood both are nouns.

indicative is an adjective but mood is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indicative Yes Yes No No
mood Yes No No No
As nouns, mood is a hypernym of indicative; that is, mood is a word with a broader meaning than indicative:
  • indicative: 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 indicative include modality, mode.
indicative (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
indicative (adjective) mood (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 mood

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