modifier vs dangling modifier

modifier and dangling modifier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modifier	Yes	No	No	No
dangling modifier	Yes	No	No	No

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

modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'

Other hyponyms of modifier include intensifier, intensive, adjective, adverb, misplaced modifier.

modifier (noun)	dangling modifier (noun)
a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene	a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
a person who changes something
a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

modifier vs dangling modifier

modifier and dangling modifier both are nouns.

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