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Dishonest vs Fraudulent - What's the difference?

dishonest | fraudulent |

As adjectives the difference between dishonest and fraudulent

is that dishonest is not honest while fraudulent is dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

dishonest

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not honest.
  • Interfering with honesty.
  • (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
  • * Sir T. North
    • Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
  • (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
  • * Dryden
    • Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

    Antonyms

    * honest

    Related terms

    * dishonesty

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    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    fraudulent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dishonest; based on fraud or deception
  • false; phony
    • He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * fraudulently