mode vs minor scale

minor scale vs mode

mode and minor scale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mode	Yes	No	No	No
minor scale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, minor scale is a hyponym of mode; that is, minor scale 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
minor scale: a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

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

mode (noun)	minor scale (noun)
how something is done or how it happens	a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
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 minor scale

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