Ethic vs. Civic

Ethic vs. Civic — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ethic and Civic

Ethicadjective

Moral, relating to morals.

Civicadjective

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

Ethicnoun

A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

I think the golden rule is a great ethic.

Civicadjective

Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

civic duty

Ethicnoun

The morality of an action.

Civicadjective

of or relating or belonging to a city;

civic centercivic problems
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Ethicnoun

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;

the Puritan ethica person with old-fashioned values

Civicadjective

of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;

civil rightscivil libertycivic dutiescivic pride

Ethicnoun

a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct