wrongful conduct vs dishonesty

dishonesty vs wrongful conduct

wrongful conduct and dishonesty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrongful conduct	Yes	No	No	No
dishonesty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dishonesty is a hyponym of wrongful conduct; that is, dishonesty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrongful conduct:

wrongful conduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
dishonesty: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Other hyponyms of wrongful conduct 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, knavery, falsification, misrepresentation, champerty, criminal maintenance, maintenance, infringement, violation.

wrongful conduct (noun)	dishonesty (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
	the quality of being dishonest

Difference between wrongful conduct and dishonesty

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