Mood vs. Mode

By Jaxson

  • Mood (noun)

    A mental or emotional state, composure.

    “composure|humor|spirit|temperament”

    “I’ve been in a bad mood since I dumped my boyfriend.”

  • Mood (noun)

    A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

    “huff|q=informal|pet|temper”

    “good humour|good mood|good spirits”

    “He’s in a mood with me today.”

  • Mood (noun)

    A disposition to do something.

    “huff|frame of mind”

    “I’m not in the mood for running today.”

  • Mood (noun)

    A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

    “A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.”

  • Mood (noun)

    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.”

  • Mood (noun)

    A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

    “grammatical mood|mode”

    “The most common mood in English is the indicative.”

  • Mode (noun)

    One of several ancient Greek scales.

  • Mode (noun)

    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.

  • Mode (noun)

    A particular means of accomplishing something.

    “What was the mode of entry?”

  • Mode (noun)

    The most frequently occurring value in a distribution

  • Mode (noun)

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

  • Mode (noun)

    One of various related sets of rules for processing data.

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

  • Mode (noun)

    A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

  • Mode (noun)

    Style or fashion; trend (as in trendy).

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