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Malfunction vs Misbehave - What's the difference?

malfunction | misbehave |

As verbs the difference between malfunction and misbehave

is that malfunction is to function improperly while misbehave is to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

As a noun malfunction

is faulty functioning.

malfunction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • faulty functioning
  • failure to function
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to function improperly
  • She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned .
  • to fail to function
  • misbehave

    English

    Verb

    (misbehav)
  • to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
  • He doesn't mean to misbehave ; he just doesn't know better.

    See also

    * misbehavior