mode vs optative mood

optative mood vs mode

mode and optative mood both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mode	Yes	No	No	No
optative mood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, optative mood is a hyponym of mode; that is, optative mood 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
optative mood: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

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

mode (noun)	optative mood (noun)
how something is done or how it happens	a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
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 optative mood

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