The difference between Duty and Right

When used as nouns, duty means that which one is morally or legally obligated to do, whereas right means that which complies with justice, law or reason.

Right is also interjection with the meaning: yes, that is correct.

Right is also adverb with the meaning: on the right side.

Right is also verb with the meaning: to correct.

Right is also adjective with the meaning: straight, not bent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Duty and Right

  1. Duty as a noun:

    That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

    Examples:

    "We don't have a duty to keep you here."

  2. Duty as a noun:

    The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.

    Examples:

    "I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am."

  3. Duty as a noun:

    A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

    Examples:

    "[[customs]] duty; [[excise]] duty"

  4. Duty as a noun (obsolete):

    One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

  5. Duty as a noun (obsolete):

    Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

  6. Duty as a noun:

    The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

  1. Right as an adjective (archaic):

    Straight, not bent.

    Examples:

    "a right line"

  2. Right as an adjective (geometry):

    Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

    Examples:

    "The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall."

  3. Right as an adjective (geometry):

    Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

    Examples:

    "a right triangle'', ''a right prism'', ''a right cone"

  4. Right as an adjective:

    Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

    Examples:

    "I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along."

    "It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work."

  5. Right as an adjective:

    Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

    Examples:

    "Is this the right software for my computer?"

  6. Right as an adjective:

    Healthy, sane, competent.

    Examples:

    "I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."

  7. Right as an adjective:

    Real; veritable (used emphatically).

    Examples:

    "You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"

  8. Right as an adjective (Australia):

    All right; not requiring assistance.

  9. Right as an adjective (dated):

    Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.

  10. Right as an adjective:

    Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →

    Examples:

    "After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left."

  11. Right as an adjective:

    Designed to be placed or worn outward.

    Examples:

    "the right side of a piece of cloth"

  12. Right as an adjective (politics):

    Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

  1. Right as an adverb:

    On the right side.

  2. Right as an adverb:

    Towards the right side.

  3. Right as an adverb:

    Exactly, precisely.

    Examples:

    "The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."

    "Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film."

  4. Right as an adverb:

    Immediately, directly.

    Examples:

    "Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"

    "Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view."

  5. Right as an adverb (British, US, dialect):

    Very, extremely, quite.

    Examples:

    "I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"

    "I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much."

  6. Right as an adverb:

    According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.

  7. Right as an adverb:

    In a correct manner.

    Examples:

    "Do it right or don't do it at all."

  8. Right as an adverb (dated, still used in some titles):

    To a great extent or degree.

    Examples:

    "Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"

    "Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life."

    "The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci."

  1. Right as a noun:

    That which complies with justice, law or reason.

    Examples:

    "We're on the side of right in this contest."

  2. Right as a noun:

    A legal, just or moral entitlement.

    Examples:

    "You have no right to go through my personal diary."

    "see also'' [[in right of]]"

  3. Right as a noun:

    The right side or direction.

    Examples:

    "The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."

  4. Right as a noun:

    The right hand.

  5. Right as a noun (politics):

    The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

    Examples:

    "The political right holds too much power."

  6. Right as a noun:

    The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

  1. Right as a verb (transitive):

    To correct.

    Examples:

    "'Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."

  2. Right as a verb (transitive):

    To set upright.

    Examples:

    "The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."

  3. Right as a verb (intransitive):

    To return to normal upright position.

    Examples:

    "When the wind died down, the ship righted."

  4. Right as a verb (transitive):

    To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

    Examples:

    "to right the oppressed"

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