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purity vs virtue

virtue vs purity

purity and virtue both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
purity Yes No No No
virtue Yes No No No
As nouns, virtue is a hypernym of purity; that is, virtue is a word with a broader meaning than purity:
  • purity: a woman's virtue or chastity
  • virtue: morality with respect to sexual relations
Other hypernyms of purity include chastity, sexual morality.
purity (noun) virtue (noun)
a woman's virtue or chastity the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material morality with respect to sexual relations
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil any admirable quality or attribute
a particular moral excellence
Difference between purity and virtue

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