Moral booster

[sebayanpendam]

Hi,

Normally, we would say 'to boost someone's morale', but can we say 'boost someone's moral?' By the way, is it moral booster or morale booster?

 

[GoesStation]

Normally, we would say 'to boost someone's morale', but can we say 'boost someone's moral?'

No. "Morale" is a noun. "Moral" is an adjective. You could grammatically boost someone's moral fiber ("fibre" in British English), but not just their "moral".

By the way, is it moral booster:cross: or morale booster:tick:?

See above. Note that the words are pronounced with different vowels and syllabic emphasis.

 

[tedmc]

"Moral" is also a noun. A person who has loose morals do bad things but not necessarily breaking the law. A woman who has loose morals is promiscuous.

Morale can be high or low and can be increased (boosted).

 

[GoesStation]

"Moral" is also a noun. A person who has loose morals does bad things but not necessarily breaking the law.

I hadn't thought of that — but it's a strange one, one of the rare nouns whose singular has a fundamentally different meaning from its plural.

The singular means "the essential value taught by a story."

 

[emsr2d2]

A [STRIKE]woman[/STRIKE] person who has loose morals [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] might be called promiscuous.

See above