modality vs imperative

imperative vs modality

modality and imperative both are nouns.

modality is not an adjective while imperative is an adjective.

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

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

modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
imperative: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

Other hyponyms of modality include common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mood, optative, optative mood, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood, interrogative, interrogative mood.

modality (noun)	imperative (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment	some duty that is essential and urgent
a particular sense	a verb in the imperative mood.
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility	a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

modality (adjective)	imperative (adjective)
	requiring attention or action
	relating to verbs in the imperative mood

Difference between modality and imperative

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