Modal vs. Model
Modaladjective
of, or relating to a mode or modus
Modaladjective
(grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
Modaladjective
(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
Modaladjective
(logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
Modaladjective
(statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
Modaladjective
(computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
Modaladjective
(GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
Modaladjective
(metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes
Modalnoun
(logic) A modal proposition.
Modalnoun
(linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
Modalnoun
(grammar) A modal verb.
Modalnoun
(GUI) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
Modaladjective
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.
Modaladjective
Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation.
Modaladjective
Pertaining to or denoting mood.
Modalnoun
A modal auxiliary.
Modaladjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
Modaladjective
of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
Modaladjective
relating to or expressing the mood of a verb;
Modelnoun
A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
Modelnoun
A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
Modelnoun
A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
Modelnoun
A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
Modelnoun
A style, type, or design.
Modelnoun
The structural design of a complex system.
Modelnoun
A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
Modelnoun
(logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
Modelnoun
(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.
Modelnoun
A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
Modelnoun
(manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
Modelnoun
(medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
Modelnoun
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
Modelnoun
(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Modeladjective
Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
Modelverb
(transitive) To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
Modelverb
(transitive) To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
Modelverb
(transitive) To make a miniature model of.
Modelverb
(transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
Modelverb
(intransitive) To make a model or models.
Modelverb
(intransitive) To be a model of any kind.
Modelnoun
A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size; as, a
Modelnoun
Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.
Modelnoun
Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
Modelnoun
That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
Modelnoun
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
Modelnoun
A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden.
Modelnoun
A person who is employed to wear clothing for the purpose of advertising or display, or who poses with a product for the same purpose; a mannequin{1}; as, a fashion model.
Modelnoun
A particular version or design of an object that is made in multiple versions; as, the 1993 model of the Honda Accord; the latest model of the HP laserjet printer. For many manufactured products, the model name is encoded as part of the model number.
Modelnoun
An abstract and often simplified conceptual representation of the workings of a system of objects in the real world, which often includes mathematical or logical objects and relations representing the objects and relations in the real-world system, and constructed for the purpose of explaining the workings of the system or predicting its behavior under hypothetical conditions; as, the administration's model of the United States economy predicts budget surpluses for the next fifteen years; different models of the universe assume different values for the cosmological constant; models of proton structure have grown progressively more complex in the past century.
Modeladjective
Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
Modelverb
To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
Modelverb
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Modelnoun
a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
Modelnoun
a type of product;
Modelnoun
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor;
Modelnoun
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Modelnoun
something to be imitated;
Modelnoun
someone worthy of imitation;
Modelnoun
a representative form or pattern;
Modelnoun
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions;
Modelnoun
the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
Modelverb
plan or create according to a model or models
Modelverb
form in clay, wax, etc;
Modelverb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
Modelverb
display (clothes) as a mannequin;
Modelverb
create a representation or model of;
Modelverb
construct a model of;
Modeladjective
worthy of imitation;
