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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:
- Remember that conscience is about moral judgment and ethics, while conscious is about being awake and aware.
- Conscience has the extra n which can remind you of the inner navigator that guides you morally.
- Conscious relates to awareness, just think of the ous as sounding like us which is aware of our surroundings.
- Both words share the root consc, which can help remember that they both involve awareness in different contexts.
- Conscious is used when discussing states of awareness and conscience when referring to a moral compass.
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