modality vs interrogative

interrogative vs modality

modality and interrogative both are nouns.

modality is not an adjective while interrogative is an adjective.

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

As nouns, interrogative is a hyponym of modality; that is, interrogative 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
interrogative: some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood

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

modality (noun)	interrogative (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment	a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
a particular sense	some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
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

modality (adjective)	interrogative (adjective)
	relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
	relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood

Difference between modality and interrogative

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