Degraded vs Immoral - What's the difference?
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Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
(biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
(heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
(degrade)
Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.
Degraded is a related term of immoral.
As adjectives the difference between degraded and immoral
is that degraded is feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect while immoral is not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.As a verb degraded
is (degrade).degraded
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Netherlands were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. — Motley.
- Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. — Dana.