Spiritual vs Ethical - What's the difference?
spiritual | ethical |
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
* Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
(Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
* Bible, Gal. vi. 1
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
(philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
(comparable) Morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good.
(of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
As nouns the difference between spiritual and ethical
is that spiritual is (christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property while ethical is an ethical drug.As an adjective ethical is
(philosophy|not comparable) of or relating to the study of ethics.spiritual
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Alternative forms
* spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuallAdjective
(en adjective)- Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
- God's law is spiritual ; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
- a spiritual substance or being
- It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
- If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual , restore such an one.
- the spiritual''' functions of the clergy; lords '''spiritual''' and temporal; a '''spiritual corporation
Derived terms
* antispiritual * antispiritualism * antispirituality * spiritual desertion * spiritualism * spiritualist * spirituality * spirituallyNoun
(en noun)- He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals , and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.
ethical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The philosopher Kant is particularly known for his ethical writings.
- All employees must familiarize themselves with our ethical guidelines.
- We are trying to decide what the most ethical course of action would be.
- In most jurisdictions, morphine is classified as an ethical drug.