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modality vs olfaction

olfaction vs modality

modality and olfaction both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
modality Yes No No No
olfaction Yes No No No
As nouns, olfaction is a hyponym of modality; that is, olfaction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than modality:
  • modality: a particular sense
  • olfaction: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
modality (noun) olfaction (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
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 modality and olfaction

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