Difference between Deceitful and Dishonest

What is the difference between Deceitful and Dishonest?

Deceitful as an adjective is deliberately misleading or cheating while Dishonest as an adjective is not honest

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: deliberately misleading or cheating deceptive in multiple ways

Example sentence: In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not honestinterfering with honesty

Example sentence: Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

We hope you now know whether to use Deceitful or Dishonest in your sentence.