directness vs honesty

directness and honesty both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of directness include honestness.

directness (noun)	honesty (noun)
trueness of course toward a goal	the quality of being honest
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech	southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration