Mode vs Predicament - What's the difference?

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Mode is a related term of predicament.

As nouns the difference between mode and predicament

is that mode is fashion, trend while predicament is a definite class, state or condition.

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

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Style or fashion.

Anagrams

* ----

predicament

English

Alternative forms

* (chiefly obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

A definite class, state or condition.

An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.

* {{quote-book

, year=1978 , author= , title=The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism , page=xv (20th edition) , passage=Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.}}

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}

(logic) That which is predicated; a category.

Synonyms

* See also

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