Candor vs Transparent - What's the difference?
candor | transparent |
(obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance.
The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
Impartiality.
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
* 1897, , chapter 19,
(of a system or organization) Open]], public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby [[reduce, reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
As a noun candor
is whiteness; brilliance.As an adjective transparent is
see-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.candor
English
Alternative forms
* candour (British and Canadian)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (sincere and open in speech) honesty, sincerity, parrhesia * (impartiality) fairness, impartialityAntonyms
* (sincere and open in speech) deception, fraud, lieAnagrams
* * ----transparent
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(wikipedia transparent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
- "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
- His reasons for the decision were transparent .