modality

As nouns the difference between purpose and modality

is that purpose is an object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal while modality is the fact of being modal.

As a verb purpose

is have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.

As a verb type

is .

As an adjective type

is stereotypical.

As a noun modality is

the fact of being modal.

As nouns the difference between modality and uncertainty

is that modality is the fact of being modal while uncertainty is (uncountable) doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

As nouns the difference between modality and certainty

is that modality is the fact of being modal while certainty is the state of being certain.

As nouns the difference between modality and form

is that modality is the fact of being modal while form is to do with shape.

As a verb form is

to give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).

As nouns the difference between modality and means

is that modality is the fact of being modal while means is plural of lang=en.

As a verb means is

third-person singular of mean.

As nouns the difference between modality and modularity

is that modality is the fact of being modal while modularity is the property of being modular.

As nouns the difference between criterium and modality

is that criterium is criterium while modality is the fact of being modal.

In lang=en terms the difference between tonality and modality

is that tonality is the quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic while modality is the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.