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Piety vs Purity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between piety and purity

is that piety is reverence and devotion to God while purity is the state or degree of being pure.

As a proper noun Purity is

{{given name|female|from=English}} from the virtue purity.

piety

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) reverence and devotion to God
    • Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
  • (uncountable) similar reverence to one's parents and family
  • (countable) a devout act or thought

    • Derived terms

    * filial piety

    Related terms

    * pious *

    purity

    English

    Noun

    (purities)
  • The state or degree of being pure.

    • Antonyms

    * impurity