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Behaviour vs Prattery - What's the difference?

behaviour | prattery |

As nouns the difference between behaviour and prattery

is that behaviour is the way a living creature behaves or acts while prattery is foolishness or foolish behaviour.

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

    prattery

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Foolishness or foolish behaviour.
  • * 2004. March 13, “Ian G Batten” (username), “ Re: haddock”, in uk.misc, Usenet ,
    • If an obviously egomanic twit makes wonderful music, should his prattery disqualify him?
  • *2004. July 20, Alastair Down, The Racing Post'' (London, England), article ''The Open and Shut Case of the Missing Hub-Caps.
  • *:...Paying sportsmen obscene sums of money does not necessarily mean they behave badly. Unlike football, there seems to be no correlation between fat cattery and prattery .
  • *2008. Jan 26, Simon Barnes, Tehran Times'', article ''Keep Class Out of it. In sport you are either good enough, or you’re not ,
  • *:Marcus Willis... had been driving the coaches at the Lawn Tennis Association to distraction, and with this latest bit of prattery finally pushed his luck too far.
  • * 1821. March, Sarah Spencer Lady Lyttelton. Correspondence of Sarah Spencer Lady Lyttelton 1787-1870 (Kessinger Publishing, 2006), page 234
    • The Prattery are just come to town.
  • *1871. March 18, Edwin Norris, in ''The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot, Glasgow University[http://foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/project/project.html]
    • ...We have hunutu muttabbiltu, which must be instruments musical, see hunutu in my p. 291. I derive it from the viol, or prattery, your nabala.

    Related terms

    * prattle * prattler