candidness vs honesty

candidness and honesty both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of candidness include honestness.

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