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manners vs behavior

behavior vs manners

manners and behavior both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
manners Yes No No No
behavior Yes No No No
As nouns, behavior is a hypernym of manners; that is, behavior is a word with a broader meaning than manners:
  • manners: social deportment
  • behavior: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Other hypernyms of manners include behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment.
manners (noun) behavior (noun)
social deportment manner of acting or controlling yourself
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
Difference between manners and behavior

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