mode vs ecclesiastical mode

ecclesiastical mode vs mode

mode and ecclesiastical mode both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ecclesiastical mode is a hyponym of mode; that is, ecclesiastical 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
ecclesiastical 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, Gregorian mode, medieval mode, Greek mode, major diatonic scale, major scale, minor diatonic scale, minor scale.

mode (noun)	ecclesiastical 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 ecclesiastical mode

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