action vs behaviour

behaviour vs action

action and behaviour both are nouns.

action is a verb but behaviour is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
action	Yes	No	Yes	No
behaviour	Yes	No	No	No

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

action: the state of being active
behaviour: the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances

Other hyponyms of action include agency, busyness, hum, behavior, eructation, eruption, extravasation, operation, overdrive, play, swing.

action (noun)	behaviour (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	manner of acting or controlling yourself
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong	(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
a military engagement	the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
an act by a government body or supranational organization
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
the series of events that form a plot
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active

action (verb)	behaviour (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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