conduct vs offence
offence vs conductconduct and offence both are nouns.
conduct is a verb but offence is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| conduct | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| offence | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
offence is a hyponym of
conduct; that is, offence is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
conduct:
- conduct: manner of acting or controlling yourself
- offence: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
Other hyponyms of conduct include
aggression, bohemianism, dirty pool, dirty tricks, discourtesy, offense, offensive activity, easiness, the way of the world, the ways of the world, adulting.
| conduct (noun) | offence (noun) |
|---|---|
| manner of acting or controlling yourself | the action of attacking an enemy |
| (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right |
| a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | |
| a feeling of anger caused by being offended | |
| the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score |
| conduct (verb) | offence (verb) |
|---|---|
| behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | |
| lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
| lead musicians in the performance of | |
| transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | |
| take somebody somewhere | |
| direct the course of; manage or control |
Words related to "conduct"
- acquit
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- activity
- adulting
- aggression
- assert
- backslap
- beacon
- bear
- behave
- behavior
- behaviour
- bend over backwards
- bluster
- bohemianism
- break down
- bring
- bring in
- bungle
- care
- carry
- carry on
- channel
- citizenship
- comport
- conduct
- conducting
- conduction
- conductive
- conductor
- convey
- correctitude
- dally
- dawdle
- deal
- demeanor
- demeanour
- deport
- deportment
- direct
- dirty pool
- dirty tricks
- discourtesy
- dissemble
- do
- doings
- easiness
- execute
- express
- fall over backwards
- fluster
- follow
- footle
- freeze
- frivol
- guide
- hand
- handle
- hold
- hugger mugger
- impart
- improperness
- impropriety
- jest
- joke
- lead
- lead astray
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- manage
- manner
- manners
- menace
- misdirect
- misguide
- mislead
- move
- music
- offence
- offense
- offensive activity
- optimise
- optimize
- perform
- personal manner
- piffle
- pipe in
- play
- pose
- posture
- presume
- pretend
- properness
- propriety
- puff up
- put forward
- quack
- racketeer
- rage
- ramp
- relax
- retransmit
- romanticize
- sauce
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- show
- snap
- spaz
- stooge
- storm
- swagger
- swash
- swashbuckling
- swell
- take
- the way of the world
- the ways of the world
- thug
- toy
- trait
- transmit
- trifle
- usher
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- walk around
- wanton
- wash up
- wildin'
Words related to "offence"
- Australian spelling
- British spelling
- Canadian spelling
- affront
- anger
- behavior
- behaviour
- choler
- conduct
- counteroffensive
- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- defence
- derision
- dirty war
- discourtesy
- doings
- evildoing
- indelicacy
- insolence
- insult
- ire
- law-breaking
- military operation
- offend
- offense
- offensive
- offensive activity
- operation
- presumption
- push back
- rebuff
- ridicule
- rollback
- slight
- squad
- team
- transgression
- umbrage
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