Crooked vs Dishonest - What's the difference?
crooked | dishonest |
(crook)
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
As adjectives the difference between crooked and dishonest
is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while dishonest is not honest.As a verb crooked
is (crook).crooked
English
Etymology 1
From crook, equivalent to .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
- That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
- He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
dishonest
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.