What's the difference between candor and fraud?

Candor


Definition:

  • (n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
  • (n.) A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As was stated earlier in this article, a most useful beacon to guide the physician in this dimly lit path is the notion that "congruence not candor" direct the disclosure.
  • (2) She added: “I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard.” She told King about her conversations with her father, saying: “Where I disagree with my father, he knows it and I express myself with total candor.
  • (3) Factor analysis revealed five factors: outcome expectations; candor; interest in treating cancer; psychosocial concerns: role of the physician; and psychosocial concerns: importance to the patient.
  • (4) The author shares a personal glimpse of Sir Stewart's wit, candor, and gallantry, observed during her more than 15-year relationship with him as a glaucoma patient.
  • (5) Though medicine does pursue certain Cartesian goals for knowledge, such as knowledge of the patient that does not rely upon his candor, it ultimately espouses neither a Cartesian theory of knowledge nor a Cartesian theory of the body.
  • (6) Candor and awareness of the importance of the public belief in physician loyalty are seen as necessary in preventing these changes from becoming destructive of the physician-patient relationship.
  • (7) The new sexual candor has positively affected public understanding and comprehensive research, and applies to the discussion of all STDs.
  • (8) In politics or, at least, in campaign rhetoric we are seeing fewer promises and more candor; mor emphasis on truthfulness, personal integrity, and character and fewer offers to solve difficult problems.
  • (9) I suppose there's some commendable candor in hiring Obama's two most recognizably loyal aides in less than two weeks: any lingering doubt about its primary purpose as a network is dispelled, so that, I suppose, is good on some level (just as Fox's heavy reliance on long-time GOP operative Karl Rove had the same clarifying effect).
  • (10) His personal qualities, such as candor, ingenuity and intellectual honesty are recalled by his successor in the Howe Laboratory.
  • (11) Comey’s lack of candor in a classified setting, intended to brief members on the intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia interfered in the election to benefit Trump, follows a public rebuff this week to senators seeking clarification.
  • (12) But his candor about these unorthodox ways, which borders on bravura, may inoculate him from further scrutiny.
  • (13) And yet since Trump entered the race, he has sucked up every ounce of media oxygen with his celebrity and an outlandish candor that rather than alienating supporters only endears him to them further.
  • (14) With a level of candor seen rarely in politics, he recalled a breakdown of his emotions during a recent visit to a Colorado military base when a well-wisher yelled out the name of his son and referenced his decorated military service in Iraq.
  • (15) He contends that candor and awareness of the importance of the public belief in physician loyalty are necessary to prevent social pressures from destroying the physician patient relationship.
  • (16) Approximately 75% of both teens and parents favored the increasing candor in discussing sex, abortion, and pregnancy.
  • (17) In order to achieve maximum participation and candor of study respondents, the importance and purposes of the study and the safeguards for protecting the respondents' privacy and minimizing risks must be clearly explained.
  • (18) Public frustration with his perceived lack of candor on the involvement of his staff and close associates in the closure of access lanes to the George Washington bridge in September 2013, meanwhile, produced a double-digit slide in his approval rating.
  • (19) His icy demeanor and lack of emotional candor were off-putting enough as it is, but this is also a man that was accused of raping a 19-year-old.
  • (20) I have never had a problem speaking truth to power, and I firmly believe that those in power deserve full candor and my honest assessment and recommendations,” Kelly said.

Fraud


Definition:

  • (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
  • (n.) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
  • (n.) A trap or snare.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) TalkTalk said customers should monitor their accounts over the coming months and report anything unusual to Action Fraud.
  • (2) But most instances are more mundane: the majority of fraud cases in recent years have emerged from scientists either falsifying images – deliberately mislabelling scans and micrographs – or fabricating or altering their recorded data.
  • (3) Casadevall said the pressures to commit fraud came from many sources - not least the competition for scarce funding for research.
  • (4) He is, by any measure, one of the biggest scientific frauds of all time.
  • (5) How much more is this than the amount lost to fraud?
  • (6) In April, Ronnie was charged with a series of offences relating to an alleged £1m fraud at the retailer.
  • (7) Compare the billions lost through tax avoidance to the £1.2bn lost through benefit fraud, an issue that remains the news fodder of choice for the rightwing press.
  • (8) Many have degrees or work in professional fields, and feel embarrassed by the fact they have become a victim of fraud.
  • (9) The speciality steels division faces a Serious Fraud Office investigation and some of its top staff are suspended , which could complicate a sale.
  • (10) This Comment explores issues concerning the control of fraud and abuse in health programs financed with public funds, specifically the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  • (11) In a recent decision, Commonwealth v. Kobrin, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a psychiatrist being investigated for possible Medicaid fraud did not have to turn over all of his notes concerning therapy sessions.
  • (12) "No, it's a stunt, a fraud," cry Lib Dems, Clegg's leftie critics included.
  • (13) The once squeaky-clean Spanish royal family has become immersed in a growing fraud scandal that reveals how members of King Juan Carlos's family may have cashed in on the monarchy's good name.
  • (14) Transparency news Man of the week - Nigerian Fifa executive Amos Adamu: July – tells four Nigerian officials charged with fraud to fight in court to clear their names.
  • (15) We know that markets can be gamed, and that fraud and false information undermine their efficiency.
  • (16) Britain's Serious Fraud Office has launched a formal criminal investigation into GlaxoSmithKline's sales practices, piling further pressure on the drugmaker which is already being investigated by Chinese authorities and elsewhere amid allegations of bribery.
  • (17) GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Awards or any feature thereof with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected, or actual fraud).
  • (18) Most vacancies are now advertised over the internet and claimants are encouraged to apply online to help them prepare for the world of work.” The disclosure of the revenue generated by BT came after the Observer revealed that 85% of benefit fraud allegations made by the public to a telephone hotline or online over the last five years were false.
  • (19) In 2012, Britain was among the donors that suspended all direct aid to the Ugandan prime minister's office over allegations of fraud.
  • (20) Only shop online on secure sites Before entering your card details, always ensure that the locked padlock or unbroken key symbol is showing in your browser, cautions industry advisory body Financial Fraud Action UK.