sense vs modality

modality vs sense

sense and modality both are nouns.

sense is a verb but modality is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sense	Yes	No	Yes	No
modality	Yes	No	No	No

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

sense: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
modality: a particular sense

Other hyponyms of sense include sense modality, sensory system, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity.

sense (noun)	modality (noun)
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended	a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
sound practical judgment	a particular sense
a general conscious awareness	a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
a natural appreciation or ability	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

sense (verb)	modality (verb)
discern
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
detect some circumstance or entity automatically

Difference between sense and modality

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