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Moral vs Warning - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between moral and warning

is that moral is the ethical significance or practical lesson while warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

As an adjective moral

is of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

As a verb warning is

present participle of lang=en.

As an interjection warning is

used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

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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    warning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
  • Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

    Derived terms

    * warning sign

    Interjection

    warning!
  • Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.