The difference between Modal and Mode
When used as nouns, modal means a modal proposition, whereas mode means one of several ancient greek scales.
Modal is also adjective with the meaning: of, or relating to a mode or modus.
check bellow for the other definitions of Modal and Mode
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Modal as an adjective:
of, or relating to a mode or modus
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Modal as an adjective (grammar):
of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
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Modal as an adjective (music):
of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical music
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Modal as an adjective (logic):
of, or relating to the modality between propositions
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Modal as an adjective (statistics):
relating to the statistical mode.
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Modal as an adjective (computing):
Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
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Modal as an adjective (GUI):
Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed until a decision is made.
Examples:
"a modal dialog; a modal window"
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Modal as an adjective (metaphysics):
Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes
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Modal as a noun (logic):
A modal proposition
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Modal as a noun (linguistics):
A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
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Modal as a noun (grammar):
modal verb
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Modal as a noun (GUI):
A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
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Mode as a noun (music):
One of several ancient Greek scales.
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Mode as a noun (music):
One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
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Mode as a noun:
A particular means of accomplishing something.
Examples:
"What was the mode of entry?"
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Mode as a noun (statistics):
The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
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Mode as a noun (mathematics, physics):
A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
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Mode as a noun (computing):
One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
Examples:
"In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer"
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Mode as a noun (grammar):
A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker's or writer's wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
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Mode as a noun (philosophy):
That which exists only as a quality of substance.
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Mode as a noun (textiles):
In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
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Mode as a noun (textiles):
The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
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Mode as a noun (obsolete):
A woman's mantle with a hood.
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Mode as a noun:
Style or fashion; popular trend.
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- Aeolian mode vs mode
- Dorian mode vs mode
- Ionian mode vs mode
- Locrian mode vs mode
- Lydian mode vs mode
- Mixolydian mode vs mode
- Phrygian mode vs mode
- immediate mode vs mode
- mode vs protected mode
- mode vs real mode
- mode vs retained mode
- mode vs mood
- grammatical mood vs mode
- median vs mode
- mean vs mode
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