Chaste vs Ascetic - What's the difference?
chaste | ascetic |
abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
simple, austere, undecorative
modest, decent, morally pure
Of or relating to ascetics; characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
* Sir Walter Scott
One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
As adjectives the difference between chaste and ascetic
is that chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate while ascetic is of or relating to ascetics; characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.As a noun ascetic is
one who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.chaste
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Adjective
(er)- a chaste style in composition or art
- a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes
Usage notes
* Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock ).Derived terms
* chastitySee also
* pureAnagrams
* * * * * ----ascetic
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(wikipedia ascetic)Alternative forms
* ascetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline.