modality vs hearing

hearing vs modality

modality and hearing both are nouns.

modality is not an adjective while hearing is an adjective.

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

As nouns, hearing is a hyponym of modality; that is, hearing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than modality:

modality: a particular sense
hearing: the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

Other hyponyms of modality include sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense, somatosense, audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste, olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell.

modality (noun)	hearing (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment	the act of hearing attentively
a particular sense	(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility	the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker	a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
	the range within which a voice can be heard
	an opportunity to state your case and be heard

modality (adjective)	hearing (adjective)
	able to perceive sound

Difference between modality and hearing

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