misbehaviour vs shenanigan

shenanigan vs misbehaviour

misbehaviour and shenanigan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misbehaviour	Yes	No	No	No
shenanigan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shenanigan is a hyponym of misbehaviour; that is, shenanigan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than misbehaviour:

misbehaviour: improper or wicked or immoral behavior
shenanigan: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Other hyponyms of misbehaviour include delinquency, juvenile delinquency, devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, ruffianism, familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty, abnormality, irregularity, impropriety, indecency, indiscretion, peccadillo, infantilism.

misbehaviour (noun)	shenanigan (noun)
improper or wicked or immoral behavior	reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Difference between misbehaviour and shenanigan

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