Modality vs Certainty - What's the difference?
modality | certainty |
the fact of being modal
(logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
(linguistics) the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
(medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
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Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
(semiotics) a particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre
(theology) the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
(music) the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
(sociology) a concept in structuration theory
The state of being certain.
* Fisher Ames
An instance of being certain.
A fact or truth unquestionably established.
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* 1824 , (Walter Savage Landor), Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
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.modality
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Noun
(modalities)See also
* * (Linguistic modality)certainty
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- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties .
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.
