wrongful conduct vs misbehavior

misbehavior vs wrongful conduct

wrongful conduct and misbehavior both are nouns.

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

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

wrongful conduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
misbehavior: improper or wicked or immoral behavior

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

wrongful conduct (noun)	misbehavior (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	improper or wicked or immoral behavior

Difference between wrongful conduct and misbehavior

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