dishonesty vs misconduct

dishonesty and misconduct both are nouns.

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

As nouns, misconduct is a hypernym of dishonesty; that is, misconduct is a word with a broader meaning than dishonesty:

Other hypernyms of dishonesty include actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct.

dishonesty (noun)	misconduct (noun)
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing	activity that transgresses moral or civil law
the quality of being dishonest	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

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