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conduct vs puff up

puff up vs conduct

conduct is a noun but puff up is not a noun.

conduct and puff up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
conduct Yes No Yes No
puff up No No Yes No
As verbs, puff up is a hyponym of conduct; that is, puff up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conduct:
  • conduct: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
  • puff up: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
Other hyponyms of conduct include act involuntarily, act reflexively, bend over backwards, fall over backwards, presume, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, quack, menace, make, bluster, swagger, swash, freeze, wanton, romanticize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize, bungle, play, toy, act, act as, play, stooge, jest, joke, piffle, make, make as if, break down, lose it, snap, fluster, dally, dawdle, assert, put forward, backslap, deal, hugger mugger, walk around, sauce, pose, posture, footle, frivol, trifle, swell, follow, loosen up, relax, rage, ramp, storm, wildin', spaz, thug.
conduct (noun) puff up (noun)
manner of acting or controlling yourself
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
conduct (verb) puff up (verb)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself make larger or distend
lead, as in the performance of a composition to swell or cause to enlarge
lead musicians in the performance of praise extravagantly
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
take somebody somewhere
direct the course of; manage or control
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