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subjunctive vs modality

modality vs subjunctive

subjunctive and modality both are nouns.

subjunctive is an adjective but modality is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
subjunctive Yes Yes No No
modality Yes No No No
As nouns, modality is a hypernym of subjunctive; that is, modality is a word with a broader meaning than subjunctive:
  • subjunctive: a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
  • modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Other hypernyms of subjunctive include mode, mood.
subjunctive (noun) modality (noun)
a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible 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
subjunctive (adjective) modality (adjective)
relating to a mood of verbs
Difference between subjunctive and modality

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