The difference between Act and Conduct

When used as nouns, act means something done, a deed, whereas conduct means the act or method of controlling or directing.

When used as verbs, act means to do something, whereas conduct means to lead, or guide.

check bellow for the other definitions of Act and Conduct

  1. Act as a noun (countable):

    Something done, a deed.

    Examples:

    "an act of goodwill"

  2. Act as a noun (obsolete, uncountable):

    Actuality.

  3. Act as a noun (theology):

    Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

  4. Act as a noun (countable):

    A product of a legislative body, a statute.

  5. Act as a noun:

    The process of doing something.

    Examples:

    "He was caught in the act of stealing."

  6. Act as a noun (countable):

    A formal or official record of something done.

  7. Act as a noun (countable):

    A division of a theatrical performance.

    Examples:

    "The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act."

  8. Act as a noun (countable):

    A performer or performers in a show.

    Examples:

    "Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?"

  9. Act as a noun (countable):

    Any organized activity.

  10. Act as a noun (countable):

    A display of behaviour.

  11. Act as a noun:

    A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

  12. Act as a noun (countable):

    A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

    Examples:

    "to put on an act"

  1. Act as a verb (intransitive):

    To do something.

    Examples:

    "If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble."

  2. Act as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To do (something); to perform.

  3. Act as a verb (intransitive):

    To perform a theatrical role.

    Examples:

    "I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre."

  4. Act as a verb (ergative):

    Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

  5. Act as a verb (intransitive):

    To behave in a certain way.

    Examples:

    "He's acting strangely - I think there's something wrong with him."

  6. Act as a verb (copulative):

    To convey an appearance of being.

    Examples:

    "He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry."

  7. Act as a verb:

    To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

    Examples:

    "act on behalf of John"

  8. Act as a verb (intransitive, construed with '''[[on]]''' or '''[[upon]]'''):

    To have an effect (on).

    Examples:

    "High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death."

    "Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies."

  9. Act as a verb (transitive):

    To play (a role).

    Examples:

    "He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve."

  10. Act as a verb (transitive):

    To feign.

    Examples:

    "He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused."

  11. Act as a verb (mathematics, intransitive, construed with '''[[on]]''' or '''[[upon]]''', of a [[group]]):

    To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

    Examples:

    "This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!"

  12. Act as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

  1. Conduct as a noun:

    The act or method of controlling or directing

  2. Conduct as a noun:

    Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

  3. Conduct as a noun:

    The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

    Examples:

    "Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished."

  4. Conduct as a noun (of a literary work):

    Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

  5. Conduct as a noun (obsolete):

    Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

  6. Conduct as a noun:

    That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

  1. Conduct as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To lead, or guide; to escort.

  2. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To lead; to direct; to manage

    Examples:

    "The commander conducted thousands of troops."

    "to conduct the affairs of a kingdom"

  3. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

    Examples:

    "He conducted himself well."

  4. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

  5. Conduct as a verb (transitive, music):

    To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

  6. Conduct as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

  7. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To carry out (something organized)

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