Candor vs. Honesty — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Candor and Honesty
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Candor
Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
Honesty
Honesty is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.
Candor
Freedom from prejudice; impartiality.
Honesty
The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.
Candor
(obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.
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Honesty
Truthfulness; sincerity
In all honesty.
Candor
The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
Honesty
(Archaic) Chastity.
Candor
Impartiality.
Honesty
(Botany) A Eurasian plant (Lunaria annua) in the mustard family, cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round, flat, papery, translucent, silver-white seedpods. Also called money plant, satin flower.
Candor
Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Nor yor unquestioned integrityShall e'er be sullied with one taint or spotThat may take from your innocence and candor.
Honesty
The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
Academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty
Brutal / devastating / searing honesty
Candor
A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question.
Honesty
Honor; decency, propriety.
Candor
Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Honesty
Chastity.
Candor
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Honesty
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua.
Honesty
Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
Honesty
The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Honesty
Chastity; modesty.
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.
Honesty
Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; - called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.
Honesty
The quality of being honest
Honesty
Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
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