Chaste vs Exemplary - What's the difference?
chaste | exemplary | Related terms |
abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
simple, austere, undecorative
modest, decent, morally pure
Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated.
* Francis Bacon
Ideal or perfect.
Serving as a warning; monitory.
(obsolete) An example, or typical instance; an exemplar
(obsolete) A copy of a book or writing.
As adjectives the difference between chaste and exemplary
is that chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate while exemplary is deserving honour, respect and admiration.As a noun exemplary is
an example, or typical instance; an exemplar.chaste
English
Adjective
(er)- a chaste style in composition or art
- a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes
Usage notes
* Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock ).Derived terms
* chastitySee also
* pureAnagrams
* * * * * ----exemplary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary .
- as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages
Noun
(exemplaries)- (Donne)