Dishonest vs Impure - What's the difference?
dishonest | impure | Related terms |
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
Not pure
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
(Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
* 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute
Dishonest is a related term of impure.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between dishonest and impure
is that dishonest is (obsolete) dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured while impure is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.As adjectives the difference between dishonest and impure
is that dishonest is not honest while impure is not pure.As a verb impure is
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute.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
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*Anagrams
* English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsimpure
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- He was thinking impure thoughts.
- “No one would marry her if she was impure''', don't you see?” “'''Impure'''? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as '''impure .”
