modulus vs absolute value

modulus and absolute value both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modulus	Yes	No	No	No
absolute value	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absolute value is a hypernym of modulus; that is, absolute value is a word with a broader meaning than modulus:

Other hypernyms of modulus include numerical value.

modulus (noun)	absolute value (noun)
(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance	a real number regardless of its sign
the absolute value of a complex number
an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers