falsification vs dishonesty

dishonesty vs falsification

falsification and dishonesty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
falsification	Yes	No	No	No
dishonesty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dishonesty is a hypernym of falsification; that is, dishonesty is a word with a broader meaning than falsification:

falsification: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
dishonesty: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Other hypernyms of falsification include knavery.

falsification (noun)	dishonesty (noun)
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting	lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
the act of determining that something is false	the quality of being dishonest
a willful perversion of facts
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

Difference between falsification and dishonesty

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