infringement vs misconduct

infringement and misconduct both are nouns.

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

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

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

infringement (noun)	misconduct (noun)
a crime less serious than a felony	activity that transgresses moral or civil law
an act that disregards an agreement or a right	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

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