Difference between Decency and Propriety

DECENCY vs PROPRIETY: NOUN

The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
Social or moral proprieties.
Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
That which is decent or becoming.
Synonyms Decorum, suitableness, neatness, purity, delicacy.
The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.
That which is proper or becoming.
The quality of being decent; propriety
The quality of being polite and respectable

Correct or appropriate behavior
Socially correct usages or behaviors.
The quality of being proper; appropriateness.
Peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership; possession; property.
That which is proper or peculiar; property; peculiarity.
An estate; a holding.
Suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; justness; correctness.
Individuality; particular or proper state.
Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.
That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.
The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness
Correctness in behaviour and morals
Fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality.

Respectability, Shame, Etiquette, Solidarity, Propriety, Probity, Integrity, Moral, Modesty, Fairness, Politeness, Honesty, Decorum, Dignity, Morality

Decency, Fairness, Lawfulness, Permissibility, Validity, Veracity, Desirability, Prudence, Reasonableness, Integrity, Decorum, Legality, Appropriateness, Correctitude, Properness

Courtesy, Shame, Etiquette, Solidarity, Propriety, Probity, Integrity, Moral, Modesty, Fairness, Politeness, Honesty, Decorum, Dignity, Morality

Rightness, Suitability, Expediency, Correctness, Decency, Fairness, Validity, Veracity, Desirability, Prudence, Reasonableness, Integrity, Decorum, Correctitude, Properness

They should treat people with decency and respect.
CRAPPING CASE, or ken, the closet of decency.
Reporters loved thetopic of the Communications Decency Act.
We are a country of decency and kindness.
Nobody owes you anything more than basic decency.
Emmys because of the decency obligations we have.
They are the guardian of morality and decency.
His rectitude, discipline and decency are all admirable.
NO sign, out of COURTESY AND COMMON DECENCY.
Leftists are mad that religion preserves decency because if people have no decency they can peddle their filth all they want.

The word is here employed with great propriety.
Cover of the Insurgent (image altered for propriety).
He hates those who are bold without propriety.
All such surmizes we may with propriety ignore.
Discussion is limited to the propriety of postponing.
Fulfilled direction use continual set him propriety continued.
Neither party questions the propriety of this holding.
IPAC transactions, without verifying propriety of the charge.
The Government Communication Propriety Guidance gives more detailed information on how to observe propriety within government communications.
When your parents are alive, serve them with propriety; when they die, bury them with propriety, and then worship them with propriety.