Altruistic vs Virtuous - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between altruistic and virtuous

is that altruistic is regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish while virtuous is full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

(altruism)

(en adjective)

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

* (regardful of others) beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

* (regardful of others) egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

* altruistic filicide * altruistically

* vertuous (obsolete) * vertuus (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

* good * righteous

* virtuousness

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