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conscience vs morals

morals vs conscience

conscience and morals both are nouns.

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

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