Distinction between Dishonestly and Fraudulently

No	Dishonestly	Fraudulently
1	Meaning: the word dishonestly means having deviated from honesty. But in Indian penal Code Section 24 has given a technical meaning to the word dishonestly, to include an intentional act, to cause wrongful gain and wrongful loss in another.	Meaning: Act fraudulent if done with intend to defraud and no otherwise means there can be no fraud unless there was an intention to defraud.
2	Definition : Section 24 defines Dishonestly - Whoever does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person, is said to do that thing “dishonestly”	Definition: Section 25 defines Fraudulently - A person is said to do a thing fraudulently if he does that thing with intent to defraud but not otherwise.
3	Intention: Intention must be to cause wrongful gain or wrongful loss to a person. Example: A find ring belonging to B on a table in B’s room and removes it foe own use , A’s act is dishonest since it amounts to wrongful gain to A and wrongful loss to B.	Intention: In this case. Intention is defraud other.
4	Deceit is not an essential element	Deceit is an essential element.
5	In this case there must be pecuniary gain or loss.	In this case, pecuniary or economic gain or loss is not always so.
6	Dishonesty may be by innocence. Dishonestly and innocence may coincide.	Fraud and innocence can never overlap. Fraud itself is deception.