candidness vs honestness

candidness and honestness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
candidness	Yes	No	No	No
honestness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, honestness is a hypernym of candidness; that is, honestness is a word with a broader meaning than candidness:

candidness: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
honestness: the quality of being honest

Other hypernyms of candidness include honesty.

candidness (noun)	honestness (noun)
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech	the quality of being honest