What's the difference between dishonesty and guile?

Dishonesty


Definition:

  • (n.) Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.
  • (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
  • (n.) Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.
  • (n.) Lewdness; unchastity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In its statement, the league did not give details of the judgment, but made it clear that in its opinion, dishonesty by Cellino had been found.
  • (2) Sophisticated dishonesty can escape detection by peer review and replication.
  • (3) The Tory call last week for higher wages was breathtaking dishonesty, echoing the TUC’s “Britain Needs a Pay Rise” campaign.
  • (4) Before Laspo, cases of false imprisonment were always funded by legal aid and restricting funding only to dishonesty cases was never the stated intention of parliament.
  • (5) But Harvey said that, if the written verdict could be interpreted as finding Cellino guilty of dishonesty, then there was a chance he could still be barred from owning the club.
  • (6) He was a reactionary only in reacting against intellectual dishonesty and imposture.
  • (7) And in passing we should note Campbell's professional dishonesty in denying at the time that there was a breakdown between the prime minister and his chancellor and later, while Brown was in power, publishing extracts that misrepresented, by omission, the foul relationship between them.
  • (8) Cellino’s position as Leeds owner could therefore be in jeopardy as the Football League’s owners’ and directors’ test disqualifies individuals who “have unspent convictions for offences of dishonesty”.
  • (9) The shadow chancellor said it "will come down to honesty versus dishonesty", as parties battle for votes ahead of the general election, which is expected to take place on 6 May.
  • (10) Johnson is the master-builder of that image, deflecting every lie, every gaffe, dishonesty and U-turn with some self-deprecating metaphor: calling his feigned indecision “veering all over the place like a shopping trolley” was worth a world of worthy platitudes.
  • (11) A reference in an internal Leigh Day email to paying “bribes” was not a question of promoting dishonesty, Robertson said, but merely an expression of frustration by Malik at having to pay the Iraqi claimants for employment leave so that they could travel outside Iraq to record their legal statements.
  • (12) Because of the problems of dishonesty, fraud, and conflict of interest, academic medical institutions must establish codes of conduct to govern professional life.
  • (13) On VW’s Facebook page and on other online forums that cater to Volkswagen fans, there have been numerous comments posted by people angry about the automaker’s dishonesty.
  • (14) Gashi, who has been convicted for dishonesty, admitted lying in a police statement about the kidnap case.
  • (15) I suggest to him that he is paying the price not just for specific broken promises but for a deeper intellectual dishonesty at the heart of that broadcast.
  • (16) From the right, conservatives want to tar Democrats with a double brush of dishonesty, hoping it will boost a double election effect.
  • (17) And there is not a parliament in the world that would impose a national income tax on only some of the country but not on all of the country.” Brown accused David Cameron of dishonesty in failing to explain his plans in clear terms to the people of Scotland during the referendum campaign.
  • (18) Increasing coauthorship responsibility, conscientious senior investigator supervision, and institutional cooperation will provide the framework to discourage dishonesty in science and encourage proper educational development of both young and established investigators in a milieu of scientific integrity.
  • (19) "There is a widespread dishonesty about standards in English schools and low aspiration," he claims, before complaining that there is "a common view that only a small fraction of the population … should be given a reasonably advanced mathematical and scientific education" while many other pupils leave school with little more than basic numeracy.
  • (20) However much of a good thing the EU might be – and I would like to think it is a huge benefit – it is alarming that there has been so much behind-the-scenes manipulation and dishonesty in representing those benefits to the British electorate.

Guile


Definition:

  • (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
  • (n.) To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The home side lost Raheem Sterling, who injured a groin in a challenge with Juan Mata, and even when they pinned back their opponents for periods of the second half it was a lot of huff and puff without too much guile.
  • (2) Lord of the Rings made him the doomed anti-hero , he was easily the best thing in the disastrous Troy, giving Odysseus guile, wit and that familiar, rough-edged charm, and he terrified TV viewers as property developer John Dawson in the dark and brilliant Red Riding .
  • (3) Before coming back to Afghanistan I was worried I would not be able to take photographs again in the way I used to, that my injuries would leave me incapable of the movement and guile needed to be a good photographer.
  • (4) But later, by the time he was selling out theatres for his live shows, that gawky guile and snotty cheek had morphed into relentless anxiety and slapstick self-consciousness.
  • (5) Once they got to grips with Leicester’s zeal, Villa began to demonstrate the greater guile.
  • (6) The loss of the Brazilian's speed and guile on the left forced Toppmöller to reorganise his attack.
  • (7) Yet what's most apparent on meeting Russell is an almost complete lack of guile.
  • (8) In an act of political guile, Clegg negotiated with both parties in secret, not telling the other what he was doing in a bid to maximise his strength.
  • (9) Likewise, whoever is chosen to attack down the right must show enough guile and speed to beat his man on the outside and draw Slovenian defenders out of the middle.
  • (10) In London he instantly caught the imagination with his dash and guile.
  • (11) After he became President Ten Per Cent in 1965, his income from kickbacks for government contracts increased, but his guile went no further than stashing $215,000 in a New York bank in his own name.
  • (12) It's his spirit, his guile, his unflappable conviction in professional knowledge and practice that you need to channel.
  • (13) This victory took West Ham nine points clear of 18th-placed Sunderland, whom they visit on Monday, yet such a chasm seems remarkable given the way this team spluttered as they did for long periods here, their football lacking guile and purpose even if the manager said they were "absolutely magnificent".
  • (14) Straw has been Blackburn's MP for 33 years; he replaced Barbara Castle, for whom he had worked as a special adviser (something of a talent-spotter, Castle once said that she had employed Straw for his "guile and low cunning").
  • (15) Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, has gotten this far with a guile that allows him to say whatever he thinks an audience wants to hear.
  • (16) Miliband has shown more courage and guile than many expected.
  • (17) And in the end Ireland lacked the guile and patience to craft the one clear chance their energy might have deserved.
  • (18) Evergreen striker Paul Ifill, playing his 100th game for the Phoenix, provided an injection of pace and guile when he came on after 65 minutes but, although opportunities were created, the finishing wasn't there.
  • (19) Given the guile of those courtiers, that's quite a task: he'll need all the support he can get.
  • (20) Del Piero must be aware of his stature in the game and this was, of course, the Italian using all that aforementioned experience and guile to Sydney’s advantage, just in a different way.