Difference between Righteous and Moral

What is the difference between Righteous and Moral?

Righteous as a noun is righteous people, considered as a group while Moral as a noun is the ethical significance or practical lesson.

Righteous

Part of speech: noun

Definition: righteous people, considered as a group

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: free from sin or guilt moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious justified morally (slang US) awesome

Example sentence: Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Moral

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The ethical significance or practical lesson.Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.Capable of right and wrong action.Probable but not proved.Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

Example sentence: The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

We hope you now know whether to use Righteous or Moral in your sentence.

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