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Mode vs Modus - What's the difference?

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Modus is a descendant of mode.



In lang=en terms the difference between mode and modus

is that mode is one of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale while modus is a fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

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

    * ----

    modus

    English

    Noun

    (modi)
  • (legal, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
  • (legal) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.
    • (Henry de Bracton)
  • (legal) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi .
    • (Blackstone)
  • * Landor
    • They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus , or composition.

    Related terms

    * modus operandi (Webster 1913) ----