conduct vs propriety
propriety vs conductconduct and propriety both are nouns.
conduct is a verb but propriety is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| conduct | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| propriety | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
propriety is a hyponym of
conduct; that is, propriety is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
conduct:
- conduct: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- propriety: correct or appropriate behavior
Other hyponyms of conduct include
manners, citizenship, swashbuckling, correctitude, properness, improperness, impropriety, manner, personal manner.
| conduct (noun) | propriety (noun) |
|---|---|
| manner of acting or controlling yourself | correct or appropriate behavior |
| (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| conduct (verb) | propriety (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'
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