behavior
Synonyms:
actions, address, bearing, carriage, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic], manners.
Related Words:
act, action, attitude, code, course, etiquette, management, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, role, style, taste, tone.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Behavior, conduct, deportment, and comportment refer to one's actions before or toward others, especially on a particular occasion.
Behavior refers to actions usually measured by commonly accepted standards:
His behavior at the party was childish.
Conduct refers to actions viewed collectively, especially as measured by an ideal standard:
Conduct is judged according to principles of ethics.
Deportment is behavior related to a code or to an arbitrary standard:
Deportment is guided by rules of etiquette; The teacher gave Susan a mark of B in deportment.
Comportment is behavior as viewed from the standpoint of one's management of one's own actions:
His comportment was marked by a quiet assurance.
Origin:
1375–1425; behave + -ior (on model of havior, variant of havor < Middle French (h)avoir ≪ Latin habēre to have); replacing late Middle English behavoure, behaver. See behave, -or1. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 15th century. History and Etymology: alteration of Middle English behavour, from behaven "to behave" + -our -or entry 2. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
actions, address, bearing, carriage, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic], manners.
Related Words:
act, action, attitude, code, course, etiquette, management, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, role, style, taste, tone.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Behavior, conduct, deportment, and comportment refer to one's actions before or toward others, especially on a particular occasion.
Behavior refers to actions usually measured by commonly accepted standards:
His behavior at the party was childish.
Conduct refers to actions viewed collectively, especially as measured by an ideal standard:
Conduct is judged according to principles of ethics.
Deportment is behavior related to a code or to an arbitrary standard:
Deportment is guided by rules of etiquette; The teacher gave Susan a mark of B in deportment.
Comportment is behavior as viewed from the standpoint of one's management of one's own actions:
His comportment was marked by a quiet assurance.
Origin:
1375–1425; behave + -ior (on model of havior, variant of havor < Middle French (h)avoir ≪ Latin habēre to have); replacing late Middle English behavoure, behaver. See behave, -or1. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 15th century. History and Etymology: alteration of Middle English behavour, from behaven "to behave" + -our -or entry 2. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.