wrongdoing vs dishonesty

dishonesty vs wrongdoing

wrongdoing and dishonesty both are nouns.

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

As nouns, dishonesty is a hyponym of wrongdoing; that is, dishonesty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrongdoing:

wrongdoing: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
dishonesty: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Other hyponyms of wrongdoing include brutalisation, brutalization, encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation, civil wrong, tort, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, dereliction, malfeasance, misfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, perversion, injury, injury, iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness, infliction, evildoing, transgression, knavery, falsification, misrepresentation, champerty, criminal maintenance, maintenance, infringement, violation.

wrongdoing (noun)	dishonesty (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
departure from what is ethically acceptable	the quality of being dishonest

Difference between wrongdoing and dishonesty

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