Functioning vs Behavior - What's the difference?
functioning | behavior |
(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.
(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.
As nouns the difference between functioning and behavior
is that functioning is action of the verb function while behavior is (uncountable) human conduct relative to social norms.As a verb functioning
is .As an adjective functioning
is functional, working.behavior
English
Alternative forms
* behaviour (everywhere except US) * (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
(en-noun)- He was on his best behavior when her family visited.