Conformity vs Keeping - What's the difference?
conformity | keeping |
State of things being similar or identical.
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
conformity or harmony.
charge or care.
* South
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between conformity and keeping
is that conformity is state of things being similar or identical while keeping is conformity or harmony.As a verb keeping is
.conformity
English
Noun
- How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. -
Usage notes
* Sometimes used interchangeably with conformation.References
*Synonyms
* conformanceAntonyms
* nonconformitykeeping
English
Noun
- The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
- The foreground of this painting is not in keeping .
- His happiness is in his own keeping .
- The cattle have good keeping .
- the work of many hands, which earns my keeping