More vs Moral - What's the difference?
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(senseid) Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
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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.
As nouns the difference between more and moral
is that more is tomorrow while moral is moral.more
English
(wikipedia more)Etymology 1
From (etyl) more, from (etyl) .Determiner
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A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
Adverb
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more .
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Derived terms
* more or less * more so * less is moreSee also
* mostEtymology 2
From (etyl) more, ). More at (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) moren, from the noun. See above.Verb
(mor)Statistics
*moral
English
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.