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Harm vs Immorality - What's the difference?

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Harm is a synonym of immorality.


As a proper noun harm

is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

As a noun immorality is

(uncountable) the state or quality of being immoral; vice.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • * , chapter=13
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

    • Derived terms

    * do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

    Anagrams

    * ----

    immorality

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
  • (countable) An immoral act or practice.
  • * The Qur'an (Saheeh International Translation), surah 7, verse 28
    • And when they commit an immorality , they say "we found our fathers doing it, and God has ordered us to do it"

    Related terms

    * amorality