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Misbehave vs Harass - What's the difference?

misbehave | harass |

As verbs the difference between misbehave and harass

is that misbehave is to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner while harass is to fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.

As a noun harass is

devastation; waste.

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

    harass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
  • To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
    • in the early 1940s.

    Synonyms

    * hassle * harry * chivy or chivvy * chevy or chevvy * beset * plague * molest * provoke

    Derived terms

    * harasser * harassment

    External links

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    Noun

  • (obsolete) devastation; waste
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) worry; harassment
    • (Byron)