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Honesty vs Deception - What's the difference?

honesty | deception |

As nouns the difference between honesty and deception

is that honesty is honor, decency, propriety while deception is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.

honesty

English

(wikipedia honesty) (Lunaria) (Lunaria)

Noun

  • honor, decency, propriety.
  • Chastity.
  • (label) The act, quality, or condition of being honest
  • (label) Any of various crucifers in the genus , several of which are grown as ornamentals.

    • Antonyms

    * dishonesty

    Derived terms

    * honesty is the best policy * maiden's honesty ()

    References

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    deception

    English

    (wikipedia deception)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * deceive * deceptive