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optative mood vs mood

mood vs optative mood

optative mood and mood both are nouns.

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

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