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interrogative mood vs modality

modality vs interrogative mood

interrogative mood and modality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
interrogative mood Yes No No No
modality Yes No No No
As nouns, modality is a hypernym of interrogative mood; that is, modality is a word with a broader meaning than interrogative mood:
  • interrogative mood: some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
  • modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Other hypernyms of interrogative mood include mode, mood.
interrogative mood (noun) modality (noun)
some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood 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 interrogative mood and modality

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