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Wrongdoing vs Depravity - What's the difference?

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Wrongdoing is a related term of depravity.


In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between wrongdoing and depravity

is that wrongdoing is (uncountable) violation of standards of behavior while depravity is (uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between wrongdoing and depravity

is that wrongdoing is (countable) an instance of doing wrong while depravity is (countable) a particular depraved act or trait.

As nouns the difference between wrongdoing and depravity

is that wrongdoing is (uncountable) violation of standards of behavior while depravity is (uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

wrongdoing

English

Alternative forms

* wrong-doing

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
  • (countable) An instance of doing wrong.

    • depravity

    English

    Noun

    (depravities)
  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
  • * 1850 , , White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War , ch. 34,
    • Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
  • (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
  • * 1914 , , The Subterranean Brotherhood , ch. 16,
    • There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities .
  • (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
  • * 1850 , ,The Scarlet Letter , ch. 8,
    • Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity , and future destiny!

    Synonyms

    * wickedness

    Related terms

    * depravation * depravedness

    References

    * * * * * " depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * " depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)