Misconduct vs Dishonest - What's the difference?
misconduct | dishonest |
Bad behavior.
To mismanage.
# (reflexive) To misbehave.
(rare) To act improperly.
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
As a noun misconduct
is bad behavior.As a verb misconduct
is to mismanage.As an adjective dishonest is
not honest.misconduct
English
Etymology 1
From (mis-) + (conduct) (noun)Noun
(wikipedia misconduct) (en-noun)- 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)- He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.
dishonest
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
