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Dishonesty vs Lying - What's the difference?

dishonesty | lying |

As nouns the difference between dishonesty and lying

is that dishonesty is the characteristic or condition of being dishonest while lying is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As a verb lying is

present participle of lang=en.

dishonesty

English

Noun

(dishonesties)
  • (uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
  • * 1602 , , act 3 scene 4,
    • His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him.
  • (countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.

    • Antonyms

    * honesty

    References

    * * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    lying

    English

    (wikipedia lying)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1811 , , Sense and Sensibility The Free Library , Chapter 19:
    • Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • * Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    • But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?