aggression vs behaviour

behaviour vs aggression

aggression and behaviour both are nouns.

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

As nouns, behaviour is a hypernym of aggression; that is, behaviour is a word with a broader meaning than aggression:

aggression: deliberately unfriendly behavior
behaviour: manner of acting or controlling yourself

Other hypernyms of aggression include behavior, conduct, doings.

aggression (noun)	behaviour (noun)
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked	manner of acting or controlling yourself
deliberately unfriendly behavior	(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
the act of initiating hostilities	(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
a disposition to behave aggressively	the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

Difference between aggression and behaviour

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