Difference between Shamefaced and Ashamed

What is the difference between Shamefaced and Ashamed?

Shamefaced as an adjective is bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment while Ashamed as an adjective is feeling shame or guilt.

Shamefaced

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

Ashamed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Feeling shame or guilt.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel shame; to be ashamed.

Example sentence: In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

We hope you now know whether to use Shamefaced or Ashamed in your sentence.

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