Manner vs. Modal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Manner and Modal
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Manner
A way in which a thing is done or happens
Taking notes in an unobtrusive manner
Modal
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a mode.
Manner
A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others
His arrogance and pompous manner
Modal
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or expressing the mood of a verb.
Manner
Polite or well-bred social behaviour
Didn't your mother teach you any manners?
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Modal
(Music) Of, relating to, characteristic of, or composed in any of the modes typical of medieval church music.
Manner
A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens
Prepared for the trip in a very organized manner.
Modal
(Philosophy) Of or relating to mode without referring to substance.
Manner
A way of acting; bearing or behavior
He is known for his reserved manner.
Modal
(Logic) Expressing or characterized by modality.
Manner
The socially correct way of acting; etiquette
Had trouble mastering manners in his new country.
Modal
(Statistics) Of or relating to a statistical mode or modes.
Manner
The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work
A novel of 18th-century manners.
Modal
See modal auxiliary.
Manner
Practice, style, execution, or method in the arts
This fresco is typical of the painter's early manner.
Modal
Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
Manner
Kind; sort
What manner of person is she?.
Modal
(grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
Manner
Kinds; sorts
Saw all manner of people at the mall.
Modal
(music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
Manner
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
Modal
(logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
Manner
Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
Modal
(statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
Manner
One's customary method of acting; habit.
These people have strange manners.
Modal
(computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
Manner
Good, polite behaviour.
Modal
(GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
A modal dialog; a modal window
Manner
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Modal
(metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
Manner
A certain degree or measure.
It is in a manner done already.
Modal
(logic) A modal proposition.
Manner
Sort; kind; style.
All manner of persons participate.
Modal
(linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
Manner
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
Modal
(grammar) A modal verb.
Manner
Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner.
Modal
(GUI) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
Manner
Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
Modal
Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
Manner
Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Modal
Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation.
Manner
Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common.
Modal
Pertaining to or denoting mood.
Manner
The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Modal
A modal auxiliary.
Manner
Sort; kind; style; - in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally.
And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him.
Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs.
I bid thee say,What manner of man art thou?
Modal
Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
Manner
How something is done or how it happens;
Her dignified manner
His rapid manner of talking
Their nomadic mode of existence
In the characteristic New York style
A lonely way of life
In an abrasive fashion
Modal
Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
Manner
A way of acting or behaving
Modal
Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb;
Modal auxiliary
Manner
A kind;
What manner of man are you?
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