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Mishandle vs Misbehave - What's the difference?

mishandle | misbehave |

As verbs the difference between mishandle and misbehave

is that mishandle is to handle badly, causing physical injury while misbehave is to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

mishandle

English

Verb

  • To handle badly, causing physical injury.
  • To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.

    • Synonyms

    * (handle badly) maltreat * (handle incorrectly) mismanage

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • to maltreat or mistreat

    • References

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    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