culpability vs guilt
guilt vs culpabilityculpability and guilt both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| culpability | Yes | No | No | No |
| guilt | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
guilt is a hypernym of
culpability; that is, guilt is a
word with a broader meaning than culpability:
- culpability: a state of guilt
- guilt: the state of having committed an offense
Other hypernyms of culpability include
guiltiness.
| culpability (noun) | guilt (noun) |
|---|---|
| a state of guilt | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense |
| the state of having committed an offense |
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