modality vs optative

optative vs modality

modality and optative both are nouns.

modality is not an adjective while optative is an adjective.

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

As nouns, optative is a hyponym of modality; that is, optative 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
optative: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

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

modality (noun)	optative (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment	a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
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

modality (adjective)	optative (adjective)
	relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
	indicating an option or wish

Difference between modality and optative

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