Talent vs. Virtue — What's the Difference?

Natural aptitude or skill

Virtue (Latin: virtus) is a moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being.

A former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks

Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.

A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment

An example or kind of moral excellence

Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality

(Archaic) Chastity, especially in a woman.

A person or group of people having such ability

A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage

A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.

Effective force or power

A marked natural ability or skill.

Virtues(Christianity) The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.

(Obsolete) Manly courage; valor.

(obsolete) A desire or inclination for something.

(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.

People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.

A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.

(slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.

Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.

An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.

Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.

Inclination; will; disposition; desire.

(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.

Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).

(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.

Natural qualities or talents

The inherent power or efficacy of something now only in phrases.

A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.

Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.

Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.

A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.

Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.

One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Any admirable quality or attribute;

Morality with respect to sexual relations

A particular moral excellence