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conscience vs morality

morality vs conscience

conscience and morality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
conscience Yes No No No
morality Yes No No No
As nouns, morality is a hypernym of conscience; that is, morality is a word with a broader meaning than conscience:
  • conscience: conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
  • morality: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
As nouns, morality is a hypernym of conscience; that is, morality is a word with a broader meaning than conscience:
  • conscience: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
  • morality: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
Other hypernyms of conscience include ethical motive, ethics, morals.
conscience (noun) morality (noun)
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
Difference between conscience and morality

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