The difference between Bearing and Conduct

When used as nouns, bearing means a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, whereas conduct means the act or method of controlling or directing.

Bearing is also adjective with the meaning: that bears (some specified thing).

Conduct is also verb with the meaning: to lead, or guide.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bearing and Conduct

  1. Bearing as a verb:

  1. Bearing as an adjective (in combination):

    That bears (some specified thing).

    Examples:

    "a gift-bearing visitor"

  2. Bearing as an adjective:

    Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

    Examples:

    "That's a bearing wall."

  1. Bearing as a noun:

    A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

  2. Bearing as a noun (navigation, nautical):

    The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

  3. Bearing as a noun:

    Relevance; a relationship or connection.

    Examples:

    "That has no bearing on this issue."

  4. Bearing as a noun:

    One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

    Examples:

    "She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing."

  5. Bearing as a noun (in the plural):

    Direction or relative position.

  6. Bearing as a noun (architecture):

    That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

    Examples:

    "A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall."

  7. Bearing as a noun (architecture):

    The portion of a support on which anything rests.

  8. Bearing as a noun (architecture, proscribed):

    The unsupported span.

    Examples:

    "The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports."

  9. Bearing as a noun (heraldry):

    Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

  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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