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Mode vs Moe - What's the difference?

mode | moe |

As nouns the difference between mode and moe

is that mode is fashion, trend while moe is .

mode

English

(wikipedia mode)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mode, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) One of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale
  • A particular means of accomplishing something.
    • What was the mode of entry?
  • * 1855 , Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)
    • An effectual and unexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
  • (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
  • (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
  • (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
    • In insert mode , characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * (music) Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode * (grammar) imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode * (computing) immediate mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode * collective mode * dual mode * soft mode
    Synonyms
    * (grammar) mood, grammatical mood
    Hyponyms
    * (grammar) See also
    Related terms
    * modal * modality * model * modeler * moderate * moderation * moderator * module * mood

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Style or fashion.

    • See also

    * bimodal distribution * median * mean * modal

    Anagrams

    * ----

    moe

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia moe) From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
    • Derived terms
    * figure moe zoku * moe anthropomorphism
    Related terms
    * moe book * moekko * moe sangyo * moetan

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Adverb

    (head)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sing no more ditties, sing no moe .
  • * George Gascoigne
    • Many mast'ries moe .

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (to make faces)

    • Anagrams

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