knavery vs misconduct
misconduct vs knaveryknavery and misconduct both are nouns.
knavery is not a verb while misconduct is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| knavery | Yes | No | No | No |
| misconduct | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
misconduct is a hypernym of
knavery; that is, misconduct is a
word with a broader meaning than knavery:
- knavery: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
- misconduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
| knavery (noun) | misconduct (noun) |
|---|---|
| lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
| bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf |
| knavery (verb) | misconduct (verb) |
|---|---|
| manage badly or incompetently | |
| behave badly |
Words related to "knavery"
Words related to "misconduct"
- act
- act up
- activity
- actus reus
- brutalisation
- brutalization
- care
- carry on
- champerty
- civil wrong
- criminal maintenance
- deal
- dereliction
- direction
- dishonesty
- encroachment
- evildoing
- fall from grace
- falsification
- handle
- infliction
- infringement
- iniquity
- injury
- injustice
- intrusion
- knavery
- maintenance
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- malversation
- manage
- management
- misbehave
- misbehavior
- misbehaviour
- misdeed
- misdemean
- misfeasance
- mishandle
- mismanage
- misrepresentation
- move
- perversion
- shabbiness
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- unfairness
- usurpation
- violation
- wrongdoing
- wrongful conduct
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