True vs. Honest: What's the Difference?

Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous

Marked by or displaying integrity; upright

Not counterfeit; real or genuine

Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine

Conforming to the characteristics or criteria of a group or type; typical

Equitable; fair

Properly called

Characterized by truth; not false

Reliable; accurate

Sincere; frank

Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal.

Of good repute; respectable.

(Archaic) Truthful, honest, or trustworthy.

Without affectation; plain

Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned

Virtuous; chaste.

Rightful; legitimate

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern

(of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.

Accurately shaped, fitted, or placed

In good faith; without malice.

Determined with reference to the earth's axis, not the magnetic poles

(of a measurement device) Accurate.

Quick and exact in sensing and responding

Authentic; full.

(Computers) Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.

Earned or acquired in a fair manner.

In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.

Open; frank.

Unswervingly; exactly

(obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.

So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.

(obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square

(obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

Truth or reality. Used with the.

(colloquial) Honestly; really.

Proper alignment or adjustment

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; - said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Loyal, faithful.

Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;

Genuine; legitimate, valid.

Without dissimulation; frank;

Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.

Worthy of being depended on;

Accurate; following a path toward the target.

Free from guile;

(of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.

Without pretensions;

Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

Habitually speaking the truth;

(of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.

Marked by truth;

(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.

(archaic) Truthfully.

(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.

Truth.

A pledge or truce.

To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).

To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.

Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.

Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.

Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.

In accordance with truth; truly.

Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment;

Make level, square, balanced, or concentric;

Consistent with fact or reality; not false;

Not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;

Conforming to definitive criteria;

Accurately placed or thrown;

Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth;

Expressing or given to expressing the truth;

Worthy of being depended on;

Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;

Rightly so called;

Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles;

Having a legally established claim;

In tune; accurate in pitch;

Accurately fitted; level;

Reliable as a basis for action;

As acknowledged;