modality vs sensation

sensation vs modality

modality and sensation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sensation is a hypernym of modality; that is, sensation is a word with a broader meaning than modality:

modality: a particular sense
sensation: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Other hypernyms of modality include sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency.

modality (noun)	sensation (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment	an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
a particular sense	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility	a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker	someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
	a state of widespread public excitement and interest

Difference between modality and sensation

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.