Transgress vs Misbehave - What's the difference?
transgress | misbehave |
To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
* Dryden
To act in violation of some law.
* Milton
To commit an offense; to sin.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
As verbs the difference between transgress and misbehave
is that transgress is to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary while misbehave is to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.transgress
English
Verb
(es)- surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
- For man will hearken to his glozing lies, / And easily transgress the sole command.
- Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?
misbehave
English
Verb
(misbehav)- He doesn't mean to misbehave ; he just doesn't know better.
