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mood vs optative mood

optative mood vs mood

mood and optative mood both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mood Yes No No No
optative mood Yes No No No
As nouns, optative mood is a hyponym of mood; that is, optative mood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mood:
  • mood: 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
mood (noun) optative mood (noun)
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
the prevailing psychological state
Difference between mood and optative mood

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