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Exclamatory vs Optative - What's the difference?

exclamatory | optative |

As adjectives the difference between exclamatory and optative

is that exclamatory is resembling an exclamation while optative is expressing a wish or a choice.

As a noun optative is

(grammar) a mood of verbs found in some languages (eg old prussian, ancient greek), used to express a wish english has no inflexional optative mood, but it has modal verbs like "might" and "may" that express possibility.

exclamatory

English

Adjective

(head)
  • resembling an exclamation.
  • Emphatic.

    • optative

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • expressing a wish or a choice.
    • (Fuller)
  • (grammar) related or pertaining to the optative mood.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) a mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English has no inflexional optative mood, but it has modal verbs like "might" and "may" that express possibility.
  • (grammar) a verb or expression in the optative mood.

    • Derived terms

    * optatively

    See also

    * subjunctive