Mood vs. Tense

Moodnoun

A mental or emotional state, composure.

Moodnoun

A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

Moodnoun

A disposition to do something.

Moodnoun

A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

Moodnoun

Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

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.

Moodnoun

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

Moodnoun

Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, conditional, hypothetical, obligatory, imperitive, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the imperitive mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.

Moodnoun

Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.

Moodnoun

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

Moodnoun

the prevailing psychological state;

Moodnoun

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

Tensenoun

Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

Tensenoun

An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

Tensenoun

The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

Tenseverb

To apply a tense to.

Tenseverb

To make or become tense.

Tenseadjective

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

Tenseadjective

Pulled taut, without any slack.

Tensenoun

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Tenseadjective

Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

Tensenoun

a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Tenseverb

stretch or force to the limit;

Tenseverb

increase the tension on;

Tenseverb

become tense or tenser;

Tenseverb

make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

Tenseadjective

in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

Tenseadjective

pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

Tenseadjective

taut or rigid; stretched tight;