Cleanliness vs. Orderliness

Main Difference

The main difference between Cleanliness and Orderliness is that the Cleanliness is a abstract state of being clean and free from dirt and Orderliness is a fact of having a regular, proper and systematic arrangement

• Cleanliness

  Cleanliness is both the abstract state of being clean and free from germs, dirt, trash, or waste, and the habit of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness is often achieved through cleaning.

  Cleanliness is a good quality, as indicated by the aphorism: “cleanliness is next to godliness”, and may be regarded as contributing to other ideals such as ‘health’ and ‘beauty’.

  In emphasizing an ongoing procedure or set of habits for the purpose of maintenance and prevention, the concept of cleanliness differs from purity, which is a physical, moral, or ritual state of freedom from pollutants. Whereas purity is usually a quality of an individual or substance, cleanliness has a social dimension, or implies a system of interactions. “Cleanliness,” observed Jacob Burckhardt, “is indispensable to our modern notion of social perfection.” A household or workplace may be said to exhibit cleanliness, but not ordinarily purity; cleanliness also would be a characteristic of the people who maintain cleanness or prevent dirtying.

  On a practical level, cleanliness is thus related to hygiene and disease prevention. Washing is one way of achieving physical cleanliness, usually with water and often some kind of soap or detergent. Cleaning procedures are of the utmost importance in many forms of manufacturing.

  As an assertion of Moral superiority or respectability, cleanliness has played a role in establishing cultural values in relation to social class, humanitarianism, and cultural imperialism.Cleanliness is linked with proper hygiene. A person who is said to be clean usually depicts cleanliness.

• Orderliness

  Orderliness is associated with other qualities such as cleanliness and diligence, and the desire for order and symmetry.

  In psychology, an excessive desire for orderliness can be associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder and the term anal retentive, (or simply anal)—from Freudian psychoanalysis—is used conversationally to describe a person with such attention to orderliness and detail that it becomes close to a mental disorder. On the other side, excessive disorderliness may be associated with a tendency to hoard, to collect objects compulsively (compulsive hoarding).

  Professional organizing services support individuals and organizations find ways to achieve and maintain ways to be organized, including decluttering and maintaining an orderly environment. The tendency of professional organization can lead to more professional success.