wrongdoing vs misconduct

wrongdoing and misconduct both are nouns.

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

As nouns, wrongdoing and misconduct are synonyms defined as:

wrongdoing and misconduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Other synonyms of wrongdoing include actus reus, wrongful conduct.

wrongdoing (noun)	misconduct (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	activity that transgresses moral or civil law
departure from what is ethically acceptable	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

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