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Livelihood vs Behavior - What's the difference?

livelihood | behavior |

As nouns the difference between livelihood and behavior

is that livelihood is (obsolete) the course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour while behavior is (uncountable) human conduct relative to social norms.

livelihood

English

Alternative forms

* livelod * lyuelode * lyvelod

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
  • *:
  • *:wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful / & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child / & his name is sir Ector / & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys
  • A person's means of supporting himself.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.4:
  • *:But now, when Philtra saw my lands decay / And former livelod fayle, she left me quight.
  • *Addison
  • *:the opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood
  • *South
  • *:It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.
  • *2013 , Matthew Claughton, The Guardian , (letter), 25 April:
  • *:The legal profession believes that client choice is the best way of ensuring standards remain high, because a lawyer's livelihood depends upon their reputation.
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts V:
  • *:Then sayde Peter: Ananias how is it that satan hath fillen thyne hert, thatt thou shuldest lye unto the holy goost, and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off thy lyvelod ?
  • (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
  • :(Shakespeare)

    • Synonyms

    * living * subsistence

    behavior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * behaviour (everywhere except US) * (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
  • (uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
  • (uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
    • He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
  • (countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
  • (countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
  • (uncountable) The way a device or system operates.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggressive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.

    Related terms

    (the actions of organisms) * behave * behavioral * behavioralism * behavioralist * behaviorism * behaviorist * behavioristic * behavior pattern * behavioral science

    External links

    * * English words prefixed with be-