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Piety vs Sanctimonious - What's the difference?

piety | sanctimonious |

As a noun piety

is reverence and devotion to God.

As an adjective sanctimonious is

making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

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 *

    sanctimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  • (archaic) Holy, devout.

    • Derived terms

    * sanctimoniously * sanctimoniousness * sanctimony