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Conscience vs. Conscious
Conscience
/ˈkɒnʃəns/Examples:
This was a home-stroke, hard enough in all conscience.The girl gave a half laugh, bitter enough in all conscience.Really, it had not laid hold on her conscience.
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Conscious
/ˈkɒnʃəs/Examples:
The cherub felt very conscious of it, and modestly remarked:To Marc, conscious of his own unsatisfactory existence, it sounded entrancing.She took the telephone, conscious that Lyon was watching her.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Conscience has the word science in it, which can remind you it involves thoughtful judgment or moral science.
- Conscious has the word consciousness in it, so it relates to awareness or being awake.
- Remember that conscience is about right and wrong while conscious is about being awake or aware.
- Both words start with consci-, but only conscience has the -ence that relates to principles.
- You can think of consciOUS as being about US, as in our state of awareness.
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