misconduct vs champerty

champerty vs misconduct

misconduct and champerty both are nouns.

misconduct is a verb but champerty is not a verb.

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

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

misconduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
champerty: an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded

Other hyponyms of misconduct include brutalisation, brutalization, encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation, civil wrong, tort, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, dereliction, malfeasance, misfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, perversion, injury, injury, iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness, infliction, evildoing, transgression, dishonesty, knavery, falsification, misrepresentation, criminal maintenance, maintenance, infringement, violation.

misconduct (noun)	champerty (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

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

Difference between misconduct and champerty

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