What is the difference between “behavior” and “behaviour”?
In the online version of Cambridge Dictionary, there are these definitions for the next two words:
Behaviour = the way that someone behaves
Behavior = a particular way of acting
What would be a difference between behavior and behaviour by some example?
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In the online version of Cambridge Dictionary, there are these definitions for the next two words:
Behaviour = the way that someone behaves
Behavior = a particular way of acting
What would be a difference between behavior and behaviour by some example?
american-english
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
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In the online version of Cambridge Dictionary, there are these definitions for the next two words:
Behaviour = the way that someone behaves
Behavior = a particular way of acting
What would be a difference between behavior and behaviour by some example?
american-english
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
27528
asked 15 hours ago
b2okb2ok
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In the online version of Cambridge Dictionary, there are these definitions for the next two words:
Behaviour = the way that someone behaves
Behavior = a particular way of acting
What would be a difference between behavior and behaviour by some example?
american-english
american-english
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
27528
asked 15 hours ago
b2okb2ok
1608
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
27528
asked 15 hours ago
b2okb2ok
1608
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
27528
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
27528
edited 1 hour ago
Peter Mortensen
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They mean the same thing; behaviour is the British English spelling; behavior is the American spelling. The definitions say the same thing in different ways.
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In fact, there is no difference between behaviour and behavior except spelling. The former is preferred in British and Commonwealth English, the latter is the American spelling.
The entries are confusing because there is no single "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge University Press actually publishes dozens of different dictionaries. Their website, however, searches them all at once, and returns definitions which may or may not be relevant to you.
When you look up behaviour, you are given entries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. When you look up behavior, you are given the entry in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary a pointer to the entry for behaviour. Because the target audience for each dictionary is different, you see slightly different entries, but this is a quirk of the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary failing to synonymize the spellings.
I commend you for doing your best with references, but would also recommend you limit searches to a learner's dictionary (e.g. Collins, Oxford, Macmillan, Cambridge, or Merriam-Webster) to avoid this happening in the future.
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your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
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They mean the same thing; behaviour is the British English spelling; behavior is the American spelling. The definitions say the same thing in different ways.
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They mean the same thing; behaviour is the British English spelling; behavior is the American spelling. The definitions say the same thing in different ways.
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They mean the same thing; behaviour is the British English spelling; behavior is the American spelling. The definitions say the same thing in different ways.
answered 15 hours ago
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
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They mean the same thing; behaviour is the British English spelling; behavior is the American spelling. The definitions say the same thing in different ways.
answered 15 hours ago
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
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answered 15 hours ago
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answered 15 hours ago
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
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In fact, there is no difference between behaviour and behavior except spelling. The former is preferred in British and Commonwealth English, the latter is the American spelling.
The entries are confusing because there is no single "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge University Press actually publishes dozens of different dictionaries. Their website, however, searches them all at once, and returns definitions which may or may not be relevant to you.
When you look up behaviour, you are given entries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. When you look up behavior, you are given the entry in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary a pointer to the entry for behaviour. Because the target audience for each dictionary is different, you see slightly different entries, but this is a quirk of the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary failing to synonymize the spellings.
I commend you for doing your best with references, but would also recommend you limit searches to a learner's dictionary (e.g. Collins, Oxford, Macmillan, Cambridge, or Merriam-Webster) to avoid this happening in the future.
answered 14 hours ago
chosterchoster
14.2k3564
your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
add a comment |
In fact, there is no difference between behaviour and behavior except spelling. The former is preferred in British and Commonwealth English, the latter is the American spelling.
The entries are confusing because there is no single "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge University Press actually publishes dozens of different dictionaries. Their website, however, searches them all at once, and returns definitions which may or may not be relevant to you.
When you look up behaviour, you are given entries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. When you look up behavior, you are given the entry in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary a pointer to the entry for behaviour. Because the target audience for each dictionary is different, you see slightly different entries, but this is a quirk of the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary failing to synonymize the spellings.
I commend you for doing your best with references, but would also recommend you limit searches to a learner's dictionary (e.g. Collins, Oxford, Macmillan, Cambridge, or Merriam-Webster) to avoid this happening in the future.
answered 14 hours ago
chosterchoster
14.2k3564
your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
add a comment |
In fact, there is no difference between behaviour and behavior except spelling. The former is preferred in British and Commonwealth English, the latter is the American spelling.
The entries are confusing because there is no single "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge University Press actually publishes dozens of different dictionaries. Their website, however, searches them all at once, and returns definitions which may or may not be relevant to you.
When you look up behaviour, you are given entries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. When you look up behavior, you are given the entry in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary a pointer to the entry for behaviour. Because the target audience for each dictionary is different, you see slightly different entries, but this is a quirk of the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary failing to synonymize the spellings.
I commend you for doing your best with references, but would also recommend you limit searches to a learner's dictionary (e.g. Collins, Oxford, Macmillan, Cambridge, or Merriam-Webster) to avoid this happening in the future.
answered 14 hours ago
chosterchoster
14.2k3564
In fact, there is no difference between behaviour and behavior except spelling. The former is preferred in British and Commonwealth English, the latter is the American spelling.
The entries are confusing because there is no single "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge University Press actually publishes dozens of different dictionaries. Their website, however, searches them all at once, and returns definitions which may or may not be relevant to you.
When you look up behaviour, you are given entries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. When you look up behavior, you are given the entry in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary a pointer to the entry for behaviour. Because the target audience for each dictionary is different, you see slightly different entries, but this is a quirk of the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary failing to synonymize the spellings.
I commend you for doing your best with references, but would also recommend you limit searches to a learner's dictionary (e.g. Collins, Oxford, Macmillan, Cambridge, or Merriam-Webster) to avoid this happening in the future.
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your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
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your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
your Cambridge there is no IPA for US and because I stay with my Cambridge. Thank a lot for your excellent explanation to me.
– b2ok
13 hours ago
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