Vice vs. Virtue
Difference Between Vice and Virtue
Vicenoun
A bad habit.
Gluttony is a vice, not a virtue.Virtuenoun
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
Vicenoun
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
Virtuenoun
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
Vicenoun
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
Virtuenoun
Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
Vicenoun
A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
Virtuenoun
An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
Vicenoun
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Virtuenoun
A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
Vicenoun
(obsolete) A grip or grasp.
Virtuenoun
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
Vicenoun
(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
Virtuenoun
(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
Viceverb
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
Virtuenoun
The inherent power or efficacy of something now only in phrases.
Viceadjective
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
vice presidentvice admiralVirtuenoun
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Vicepreposition
instead of, in place of
A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.Virtuenoun
any admirable quality or attribute;
work of great meritVicenoun
moral weakness
Virtuenoun
morality with respect to sexual relations
Vicenoun
a specific form of evildoing;
vice offends the moral standards of the communityVirtuenoun
a particular moral excellence
