mode vs Gregorian mode

Gregorian mode vs mode

mode and Gregorian mode both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mode	Yes	No	No	No
Gregorian mode	Yes	No	No	No

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

mode: any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Gregorian mode: any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

Other hyponyms of mode include church mode, ecclesiastical mode, medieval mode, Greek mode, major diatonic scale, major scale, minor diatonic scale, minor scale.

mode (noun)	Gregorian mode (noun)
how something is done or how it happens	any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
the most frequent value of a random variable
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
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
a particular functioning condition or arrangement

Difference between mode and Gregorian mode

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