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Moral vs Mural - What's the difference?

moral | mural |

As adjectives the difference between moral and mural

is that moral is of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour while mural is of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.

As nouns the difference between moral and mural

is that moral is the ethical significance or practical lesson while mural is a large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

moral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
  • * Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
  • Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • the wiser and more moral part of mankind
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
  • Capable of right and wrong action.
  • Probable but not proved.
  • Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

    • Synonyms

    * (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous * (probable but not proved) virtual

    Antonyms

    * immoral, amoral, non-moral, unmoral

    Derived terms

    * moral compass * moral high ground * moral minimum

    Related terms

    * morale * morality * moralize * morals * mores

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
    • 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.
  • * Macaulay
    • We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
  • Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
  • (obsolete) A morality play.

    • Synonyms

    * (moral practices or teachings) ethics, mores

    Hyponyms

    * golden rule

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    mural

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
    • a mural quadrant
  • * Milton
    • Disburden'd Heav'n rejoiced, and soon repair'd / Her mural breach
  • * Evelyn
    • In the nectarine and the like delicate mural fruit, the later your pruning, the better.
  • Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
    • a mural precipice

    Derived terms

    * mural circle * mural crown ----