Theme vs. Moral

Theme vs. Moral — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Theme and Moral

Themenoun

A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

Moraladjective

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

moral judgments;a moral poem

Themenoun

A recurring idea; a motif.

Moraladjective

Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

a moral obligation

Themenoun

(dated) An essay written for school.

Moraladjective

Capable of right and wrong action.

a moral agent
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Themenoun

(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.

Moraladjective

Probable but not proved.

a moral certainty

Themenoun

A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.

Moraladjective

Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

a moral victory;moral support

Themenoun

The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.

Moralnoun

(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

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Themenoun

(grammar) The stem of a word.

Moralnoun

Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

Themenoun

(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.

Moralnoun

(obsolete) A morality play.

Themenoun

(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.

Moralnoun

the significance of a story or event;

the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor

Themenoun

(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.

Moraladjective

relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics;

moral philosophy

Themenoun

A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

Moraladjective

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles;

moral sensea moral scrutinya moral lessona moral quandarymoral convictionsa moral life

Themeverb

(transitive) To give a theme to.

We themed the birthday party around superheroes.

Moraladjective

adhering to ethical and moral principles;

it seems ethical and rightfollowed the only honorable course of actionhad the moral courage to stand alone

Themeverb

To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

Moraladjective

arising from the sense of right and wrong;

a moral obligation

Themenoun

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;

he didn't want to discuss that subjectit was a very sensitive topichis letters were always on the theme of love

Moraladjective

psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect;

a moral victorymoral support

Themenoun

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;

it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

Moraladjective

based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence;

a moral certainty

Themenoun

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

the theme is announced in the first measuresthe accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it

Themenoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

he got an A on his composition

Themenoun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

thematic vowels are part of the stem

Themeverb

provide with a particular theme or motive;

the restaurant often themes its menus