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Candor vs. Honesty — What's the Difference?

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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