direction vs misconduct

misconduct vs direction

direction and misconduct both are nouns.

direction is not a verb while misconduct is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
misconduct	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

direction: the act of managing something
misconduct: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

Other hyponyms of direction include conducting, database management, finance, homemaking, misdirection, mismanagement, handling, treatment, oversight, superintendence, supervising, supervision, administration, disposal, authorisation, authorization, empowerment, disenfranchisement, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization, guidance, steering.

direction (noun)	misconduct (noun)
the act of managing something	activity that transgresses moral or civil law
the act of setting and holding a course	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
the concentration of attention or energy on something
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
a message describing how something is to be done
a line leading to a place or point
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

direction (verb)	misconduct (verb)
	manage badly or incompetently
	behave badly

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