What is the Difference Between CONSCIOUS and CONSCIENCE?
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What is the difference between CONSCIOUS & CONSCIENCE?
CONSCIOUS (CON◦shus)
Definition: awake, alert, aware of one’s surroundings
The clipart shows a person waking up, with an alarm clock ringing
Antonym: UNCONSCIOUS
Definition: asleep, not aware of anything, not conscious
The clipart shows a woman fast asleep
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Sentence example: The patient remained fully conscious during the eye procedure.
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Sentence example: She wasn’t conscious of the fact that her comments were embarrassing her colleague.
In other words, she wasn’t aware, or didn’t realize that she was embarrassing her colleague.
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The picture shows the boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Zora Folley at Madison Square Garden, NY, March 22, 1967
Sentence example: A punch from Mohammad Ali in the 7th round rendered his opponent unconscious.
Note this collocation: a person can be rendered unconscious
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Now let’s look at the word CONSCIENCE (CON◦shunce)
Definition: a moral sense of right and wrong, an inner voice that judges an individual’s conduct, approving or condemning
The clipart shows a judge’s gavel inside a person’s mind.
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Sentence example: After she lied to her boss about being sick for the day, she just lay in bed with a guilty conscience.
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Sentence example: Does it prick your conscience when you ignore a beggar in the street?
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Some common collocations with
CONSCIENCE include:
- prick your conscience
- guilty conscience
- go against your conscience
- sensitive conscience
When a person has a keen sense of responsibility, taking care to do a job thoroughly, they are said to be ‘conscientious’.
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What is the difference between CONSCIOUS & CONSCIENCE?
CONSCIOUS
Definition: awake, alert, aware of one’s surroundings
CONSCIENCE
Definition: a moral sense of right and wrong, an inner voice that judges an individual’s conduct, approving or condemning
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If you are interested in correct word usage, be sure to visit:
AMATEUR vs NOVICE – What’s the Difference?
Here are two other words which can be easily confused:
CONTINUAL vs CONTINUOUS – What’s the Difference?
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