mode vs imperative form

imperative form vs mode

mode and imperative form both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mode	Yes	No	No	No
imperative form	Yes	No	No	No

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

mode: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
imperative form: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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

mode (noun)	imperative form (noun)
how something is done or how it happens	a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
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 imperative form

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