motive vs ethics

ethics vs motive

motive and ethics both are nouns.

motive is an adjective but ethics is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motive	Yes	Yes	No	No
ethics	Yes	No	No	No

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

motive: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
ethics: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

Other hyponyms of motive include life, rational motive, irrational motive, impulse, urge, ethical motive, morality, morals, mental energy, psychic energy.

motive (noun)	ethics (noun)
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior	the philosophical study of moral values and rules
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration	motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

motive (adjective)	ethics (adjective)
causing or able to cause motion
impelling to action

Difference between motive and ethics

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