Behave and Manage

Behave

Behave verb - To manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way.

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Manage and behave are semantically related. in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Manage" instead a verb "Behave", when it comes to topics like properly.

Nearby Words: behavior, behaving

Manage

Manage verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Behave and manage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Behave" instead a verb "Manage".

Nearby Words: management, manager, manageable, managed, managing

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kind	behave kind	manage kind
time	behave time	manage time
way	behave way	manage way
little	behave little	manage little
Other words: elements.

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Lizalfos, of which the strongest variant is mentioned above, behave similarly to Iron Knuckles but manage to be even more annoying, as do the appropriately named Fokkā, also mentioned above.

Source: Demonic Spiders / The Legend of Zelda
Urchins also behave in this fashion, being entirely passive and yielding a nice sum of coins and EXP if you manage to take them out in one attack.

Source: Video Game / Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
This has led one company, the SAI Corporation, to design, create and manage Giftias, androids that look and behave almost entirely like humans.

Source: Anime / Plastic Memories

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