Fault and Vice

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Fault

Fault noun - A defect in character.

Usage example: the common fault of being quick to judge others

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Vice is a synonym for fault in wrong topic. In some cases you can use "Vice" instead a noun "Fault", when it comes to topics like defect, misdeed, blame.

Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

Vice

Vice noun - A defect in character.

Usage example: curiosity in children is not a vice, but something to be encouraged

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Fault is a synonym for vice in weakness topic. You can use "Fault" instead a noun "Vice", if it concerns topics such as wrong, shortcoming.

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good	good fault	good vice
particular	particular fault	particular vice
similar	similar fault	similar vice
common	common fault	common vice
Other adjectives: complete, obvious, real, big, great, unfortunate, bad, main, social, personal, minor, worst, greatest, biggest.

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Compressed Vice: The episodes often feature some particular problem or fault of Sherlock's that is only present in that episode.

Source: Western Animation / Sherlock Yack
Compare Compressed Vice, where a new fault is expanded and eliminated.

Source: Compressed Abstinence
A quote often attributed to him is "The only thing I know is that I know nothing." Make Up Is Evil: Make-up is mentioned twice in Xenophon's writings on him: once as something a personified Vice wears (in a legend of Heracles) and once as a fault for which a young wife must be set straight.

Source: Creator / Socrates

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