Honesty vs. Noble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Honesty and Noble
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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.
Noble
Belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy
The Duchess of Kent and several other noble ladies
The medieval palace was once owned by a noble Florentine family
Honesty
The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.
Noble
Having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles
The promotion of human rights was a noble aspiration
Honesty
Truthfulness; sincerity
In all honesty.
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Noble
(especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth
The greater a noble's military power, the more land he could control
The king imposed a tax on both nobles and peasants
Honesty
(Archaic) Chastity.
Noble
A former English gold coin first issued in 1351.
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.
Noble
Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
Honesty
The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
Academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty
Brutal / devastating / searing honesty
Noble
Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor
A noble spirit.
Honesty
Honor; decency, propriety.
Noble
Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity
"What poor an instrument / May do a noble deed!" (Shakespeare).
Honesty
Chastity.
Noble
Grand and stately in appearance; majestic
"a mighty Spanish chestnut, bare now of leaves, but in summer a noble tree" (Richard Jeffries).
Honesty
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua.
Noble
(Chemistry) Inactive or inert.
Honesty
Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
Noble
A member of the nobility.
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.
Noble
A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half of a mark.
Honesty
Chastity; modesty.
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.
Noble
An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
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.
Noble
(historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
Honesty
The quality of being honest
Noble
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
He made a noble effort.
He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.
Honesty
Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
Noble
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
A noble edifice
Noble
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
Noble blood; a noble personage
Noble
Both isohedral and isogonal.
Noble
Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belongTo nobler poets for a nobler song.
Noble
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
Noble
Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
Noble
A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
Noble
An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
Noble
A European fish; the lyrie.
Noble
To make noble; to ennoble.
Thou nobledest so far forth our nature.
Noble
A titled peer of the realm
Noble
Having high moral qualities;
A noble spirit
A solid citizen
An upstanding man
A worthy successor
Noble
Impressive in appearance;
A baronial mansion
An imposing residence
A noble tree
Severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
Stately columns
Noble
Of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times;
Of noble birth
Noble
Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character;
A noble spirit
Noble deeds
Noble
Inert especially toward oxygen;
A noble gas such as helium or neon
Noble metals include gold and silver and platinum
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