Guide vs Moral - What's the difference?
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Someone who , especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
* Bible, Psalms xlviii. 14
A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
A sign that guides people; guidepost.
Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
# A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
# A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
# (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
(occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
(military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
* Shakespeare
to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
to exert control or influence over someone or something.
* Bible, Psalms cxii. 5
to supervise the education or training of someone.
to act as a guide.
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
* Nathaniel Hawthorne
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
* Sir M. Hale
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Capable of right and wrong action.
Probable but not proved.
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
* Macaulay
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
(obsolete) A morality play.
Guide is a related term of moral.
As a verb guide
is .As a noun moral is
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(wikipedia guide)Noun
(en noun)- The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- He will be our guide , even unto death.
Derived terms
* career guide * Girl Guide * guidance * guidebook * guide dog * guideline * guide on the side * guidepost * mountain guide * style guide * tour guide * user guide * user's guideVerb
- Guide me to your sovereign's court.
- He will guide his affairs with discretion.
References
* (guide) * * * ----moral
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
- the wiser and more moral part of mankind
Synonyms
* (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous * (probable but not proved) virtualAntonyms
* immoral, amoral, non-moral, unmoralDerived terms
* moral compass * moral high ground * moral minimumNoun
(en noun)- The moral of the (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
- We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.