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Modal vs Grownup - What's the difference?

modal | grownup |

As adjectives the difference between modal and grownup

is that modal is of, or relating to a mode or modus while grownup is of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.

As nouns the difference between modal and grownup

is that modal is (logic) a modal proposition while grownup is an adult.

modal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to a mode or modus
  • (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
  • (grammar) modal verb
  • *
  • Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence:
    (23)     They/it can —
    [...]
    Conversely, the only type of word which could be used to begin a three-word sentence such as (25) below:
    (25)     — I be frank?
    is a Modal : cf. [...]
  • (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
  • (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
  • (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
  • (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
  • (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as modal dialog'' or ''modal window )
  • (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes
  • Synonyms

    * forming * conditioning

    Derived terms

    * modality * modally * modal auxiliary * modal logic * modal particle * quasimodal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) A modal proposition
  • (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    grownup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * grown-up * grown up

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
  • Adult; fully developed; mature.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adult.
  • Anagrams

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