Dishonest vs Fraud - What's the difference?
dishonest | fraud |
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between dishonest and fraud
is that dishonest is (obsolete) dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured while fraud is (obsolete) to defraud.As an adjective dishonest
is not honest.As a noun fraud is
any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.As a verb fraud is
(obsolete) to defraud.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.
Antonyms
* honestExternal links
*Anagrams
* English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsfraud
English
Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud