misappropriation vs adoption

misappropriation and adoption both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misappropriation	Yes	No	No	No
adoption	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adoption is a hypernym of misappropriation; that is, adoption is a word with a broader meaning than misappropriation:

Other hypernyms of misappropriation include borrowing.

misappropriation (noun)	adoption (noun)
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
wrongful borrowing	the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
	a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)