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Harassment vs Misconduct - What's the difference?

harassment | misconduct |

As nouns the difference between harassment and misconduct

is that harassment is persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress while misconduct is bad behavior.

As a verb misconduct is

to mismanage.

harassment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
  • Deliberate pestering or annoying.
  • Synonyms

    * torment * molestation

    Derived terms

    * verbal harassment * workplace harassment * sexual harassment

    misconduct

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (noun)

    Noun

    (wikipedia misconduct) (en-noun)
  • Bad behavior.
  • The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.

    Etymology 2

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (verb)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mismanage.
  • # (reflexive) To misbehave.
  • He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.
  • (rare) To act improperly.