act reflexively vs behave

act reflexively and behave both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
act reflexively	No	No	Yes	No
behave	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, behave is a hypernym of act reflexively; that is, behave is a word with a broader meaning than act reflexively:

act reflexively: act in an uncontrolled manner
behave: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Other hypernyms of act reflexively include acquit, act, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do.

act reflexively (verb)	behave (verb)
act in an uncontrolled manner	behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
	behave well or properly