Dishonest vs Dishonorable - What's the difference?
dishonest | dishonorable |
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
Dishonorable is a synonym of dishonest.
As adjectives the difference between dishonest and dishonorable
is that dishonest is not honest while dishonorable is without honor, or causing dishonor.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.
