Mode and Norm

Mode

Mode noun - The most frequent value of a random variable.

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Norm and mode are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Norm" instead a noun "Mode".

Nearby Words: modal, modeless

Norm noun - What is typical of a group, class, or series.

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Mode and norm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mode" instead a noun "Norm".

Nearby Words: normal, normally, normality, normative, norma

old	old mode	old norm
normal	normal mode	normal norm
usual	usual mode	usual norm
free	free mode	free norm
Other adjectives: traditional.

VS mode, which became the norm in the 2nd and 3rd games, didn't exist in the first game.

Source: Video Game / Streets of Rage
Early Game Hell: It's not unusual to die in the tutorial fight (in Hard mode, that would be the norm).

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Co-op mode includes an Expospeak Gag revolving around this, with GLaDOS telling the robots that the best way to insult a human is to 'tell them that their weight variance is above or below the norm'.

Source: Videogame / Portal 2