Behave and Work

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Behave

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

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Work is a synonym for behave in action topic. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Behave", when it comes to topics like function.

Nearby Words: behavior, behaving

Work

Work verb - To produce a desired effect.

Usage example: this headache remedy takes half an hour to work

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Behave is a synonym for work in action topic. You can use "Behave" instead a verb "Work", if it concerns topics such as manipulate. informal substitute

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

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sense	behave sense	work sense
time	behave time	work time
way	behave way	work way
little	behave little	work little
Other words: magic, less, rules.

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This occurs whenever there is inconsistency in how things work or behave between the gameplay and storyline sections of a video game, the latter of which generally consists primarily of cutscenes and dialogue.

Source: Gameplay and Story Segregation
Meanwhile Thoma, Veyron and Arnage are using Dividers that look and behave like mash-ups of conventional Earth weapons, though how they work has not been explained.

Source: Manga / Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force
This reflects the reality that insult comics have to be generally nice guys in real life because if you behave like that at all times no one will want to work with you.

Source: Series / Tosh.0

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Work and Behave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/work

Behave & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/work>.

Work or Behave. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/work.

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