Decent vs. Honest
Difference Between Decent and Honest
Decent➦
conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour
a decent clean-living individual
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Honest➦
Marked by or displaying integrity; upright
an honest lawyer.
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Decent➦
of an acceptable standard; satisfactory
people need decent homes
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Honest➦
Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine
honest weight.
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Decent➦
Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality
a respected citizen who led a decent life.
children brought up in decent homes.
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Honest➦
Equitable; fair
honest wages for an honest day's work.
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Decent➦
Morally upright; moral or respectable
"the corruption that allows the unscrupulous to grow rich while decent people labor to earn an honest wage" (Amitav Ghosh).
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Honest➦
Characterized by truth; not false
honest reporting.
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Decent➦
Kind or obliging
very decent of them to lend you money.
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Honest➦
Sincere; frank
an honest critique.
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Decent➦
Showing thoughtfulness or consideration
let a decent interval go by before calling.
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Honest➦
Of good repute; respectable.
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Decent➦
Free from indelicacy or obscenity; clean
decent television programming for children.
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Honest➦
Without affectation; plain
honest folk.
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Decent➦
Fairly good; acceptable; satisfactory
finally got a decent night's sleep.
made decent wages in the new job.
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Honest➦
Virtuous; chaste.
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Decent➦
Suitable; fitting
had nothing decent to wear to the reception.
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Honest➦
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.
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Decent➦
(Informal) Properly or modestly dressed
The guests are here—are you decent?.
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Honest➦
(of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
an honest account of events
honest reporting
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Decent➦
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
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Honest➦
In good faith; without malice.
an honest mistake
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Decent➦
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
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Honest➦
(of a measurement device) Accurate.
an honest scale
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Decent➦
(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
Are you decent? May I come in?
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Honest➦
Authentic; full.
an honest day’s work
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Decent➦
Fair; acceptable; okay.
He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.
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Honest➦
Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
an honest dollar
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Decent➦
Significant; substantial.
There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.
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Honest➦
Open; frank.
an honest countenance
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Decent➦
Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.
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Honest➦
(obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
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Decent➦
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
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Honest➦
(obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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Decent➦
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
Before his decent steps.
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Honest➦
(obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
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Decent➦
Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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Honest➦
(colloquial) Honestly; really.
It wasn’t my fault, honest.
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Decent➦
Comely; shapely; well-formed.
A sable stole of cyprus lawnOver thy decent shoulders drawn.
By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed.
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Honest➦
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
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Decent➦
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
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Honest➦
Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; - said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health.
Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
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Decent➦
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
from a decent family
a nice girl
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Honest➦
Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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Decent➦
according with custom or propriety;
her becoming modesty
comely behavior
it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
a decent burial
seemly behavior
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Honest➦
Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
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Decent➦
conforming to conventions of sexual behavior;
speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd
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Honest➦
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
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Decent➦
enough to meet a purpose;
an adequate income
the food was adequate
a decent wage
enough food
food enough
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Honest➦
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;
honest lawyers
honest reporting
an honest wage
honest weight
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Decent➦
decently clothed;
are you decent?
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Honest➦
without dissimulation; frank;
my honest opinion
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Decent➦
observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress;
a modest neckline in her dress
though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
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Honest➦
worthy of being depended on;
a dependable worker
an honest working stiff
a reliable source of information
he was true to his word
I would be true for there are those who trust me
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Decent➦
in the right manner;
please do your job properly!
can't you carry me decent?
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Honest➦
free from guile;
his answer was simple and honest
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Honest➦
without pretensions;
worked at an honest trade
good honest food
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Honest➦
habitually speaking the truth;
an honest man
a veracious witness
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Honest➦
marked by truth;
gave honest answers
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