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..guilt is not the trigger for blushing. What’s the difference between the two self-conscious emotions that do trigger blushing, shame and embarrassment? Embarrassment is the response to the public breach of a social norm, like a blunder, or lapse of bodily control. Shame is the response to the public breach of a moral norm, like lying, cheating, being derelict in one’s duties, or hurting or neglecting a loved one.