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optative vs modality

modality vs optative

optative and modality both are nouns.

optative is an adjective but modality is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
optative Yes Yes No No
modality Yes No No No
As nouns, modality is a hypernym of optative; that is, modality is a word with a broader meaning than optative:
  • optative: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
  • modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Other hypernyms of optative include mode, mood.
optative (noun) modality (noun)
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
a particular sense
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
optative (adjective) modality (adjective)
relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
indicating an option or wish
Difference between optative and modality

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