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Veracity vs Sincerity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between veracity and sincerity

is that veracity is truthfulness while sincerity is the quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.

veracity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Truthfulness
  • (countable) Something that is true
  • (uncountable) Accuracy or precision
  • act of being exact and accurate.
  • correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    sincerity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sincerity)
  • The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
  • * :
  • I protest, in the sincerity of love.
  • * Knox:
  • Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
  • *
  • Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

    Synonyms

    * honesty * sincereness

    Antonyms

    * insincerity

    References

    (Webster 1913)