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Behaviour vs Haedine - What's the difference?

behaviour | haedine |

As a noun behaviour

is the way a living creature behaves or acts.

As an adjective haedine is

resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare {{term|caprine|lang=en}}, {{term|hircine|lang=en}}.

behaviour

English

Alternative forms

* (US) * (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The way a living creature behaves or acts.
    • She can't stop the strange behaviour because she has OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder).
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
    • Teachers will probably be on their best behaviour for your visit – but don't be upset if they don't even notice you; they've got enough going on.
  • The way a device or system operates.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "behaviour" include: 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

    * behave * behaved * behavioural * behaviouralism * behaviouralist * behaviourism * behaviourist * behaviouristic * behaviour pattern * behavioural science

    Derived terms

    * human behaviour

    haedine

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare, humorous) Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e. , a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.
  • * 1914 : University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus), The Illio , volume 20, page 70
    • Then there was an old-clothes man of Hebraic origin?;?a fully-costumed darkey waiter, dispensing delicious liquors from a tray?;?countless clowns and placarded unfathomables?;?a poor, droning blind man?;?a midnight reveller with the essential lamp post?;?a valiant huntsman?;?an escaped convict, ? 27395?;?and?—?not least by any means?—?a goat.?It was a real goat, real enough to have balking and butting tendencies.?Ted Fritchey had him in charge, and underwent many a harrowing experience with his haedine protégé.?This goat was intended to be prophetic of a victory over Chicago on the morrow?—?a capture of Chicago’s goat.?Of the fulfillment of the prophecy, more hereafter.?It is enough to say that on this afternoon our minds were all overborne with anxiety, and our hearts were all tight with goatish desire.
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