Misconduct vs Omission - What's the difference?
misconduct | omission |
Bad behavior.
To mismanage.
# (reflexive) To misbehave.
(rare) To act improperly.
The act of omitting.
The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
Something deleted or left out.
Something not done or neglected.
(grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
As nouns the difference between misconduct and omission
is that misconduct is bad behavior while omission is the act of omitting.As a verb misconduct
is to mismanage.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.