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morality vs conscience

conscience vs morality

morality and conscience both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
morality Yes No No No
conscience Yes No No No
As nouns, conscience is a hyponym of morality; that is, conscience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than morality:
  • morality: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
  • conscience: conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
Other hyponyms of morality include righteousness, rightness, good, goodness, chastity, sexual morality, virtue, ethicality.
As nouns, conscience is a hyponym of morality; that is, conscience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than morality:
  • morality: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  • conscience: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
morality (noun) conscience (noun)
concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct 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 morality and conscience

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