Mood vs. Mode

Mood vs. Mode — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mood and Mode

Moodnoun

A mental or emotional state, composure.

I've been in a bad mood since I dumped my boyfriend.

Modenoun

(music) One of several ancient Greek scales.

Moodnoun

A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

He's in a mood with me today.

Modenoun

(music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

Moodnoun

A disposition to do something.

I'm not in the mood for running today.

Modenoun

A particular means of accomplishing something.

What was the mode of entry?
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Moodnoun

A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.

Modenoun

(statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution

Moodnoun

Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

He fought with mood in many a bloody slaught.He tried to lift the fallen tree with all his main and mood, but he couldn't.

Modenoun

A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.

Moodnoun

(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.

The most common mood in English is the indicative.

Modenoun

(computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data.

In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
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Moodnoun

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;

whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the timehe was in a bad humor

Modenoun

(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.

Moodnoun

the prevailing psychological state;

the climate of opinionthe national mood had changed radically since the last election

Modenoun

Style or fashion; trend (as in trendy).

Moodnoun

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Modenoun

how something is done or how it happens;

her dignified mannerhis rapid manner of talkingtheir nomadic mode of existencein the characteristic New York stylea lonely way of lifein an abrasive fashion

Modenoun

a particular functioning condition or arrangement;

switched from keyboard to voice mode

Modenoun

a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

Modenoun

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Modenoun

any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

Modenoun

the most frequent value of a random variable