scruples vs morals

scruples and morals both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scruples	Yes	No	No	No
morals	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, morals is a hypernym of scruples; that is, morals is a word with a broader meaning than scruples:

scruples: 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 scruples include ethical motive, ethics, morality.

scruples (noun)	morals (noun)
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions	motivation based on ideas of right and wrong