anxiety vs scruple

scruple vs anxiety

anxiety and scruple both are nouns.

anxiety is not a verb while scruple is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anxiety	Yes	No	No	No
scruple	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scruple is a hyponym of anxiety; that is, scruple is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anxiety:

anxiety: a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
scruple: uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)

Other hyponyms of anxiety include discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, trouble, worry, care, concern, fear, anxiousness, disquiet, insecurity, disquietude, edginess, inquietude, uneasiness, sinking, sinking feeling, misgiving, qualm, jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness, angst.

anxiety (noun)	scruple (noun)
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune	an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic	uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
	a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains

anxiety (verb)	scruple (verb)
	have doubts about
	raise scruples
	hesitate on moral grounds

Difference between anxiety and scruple

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