wrongful conduct vs violation

violation vs wrongful conduct

wrongful conduct and violation both are nouns.

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

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

wrongful conduct: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
violation: entry to another's property without right or permission

Other hyponyms of wrongful conduct include brutalisation, brutalization, encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, 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, champerty, criminal maintenance, maintenance, infringement.

wrongful conduct (noun)	violation (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	a crime less serious than a felony
	entry to another's property without right or permission
	the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
	a disrespectful act
	an act that disregards an agreement or a right

Difference between wrongful conduct and violation

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