Difference between Behave and Operate

BEHAVE vs OPERATE: VERB

Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Happen
Handle and cause to function
Perform surgery on
Perform as expected when applied
Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
Keep engaged

To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self.
To conduct (oneself) properly.
To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way.
To conduct oneself in a specified way, especially in relation to others; exhibit behavior.
To conduct oneself in a proper way.

To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature
To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
To perform a function; work.
To perform surgery.
To exert an influence.
To produce a desired or proper effect.
To carry on a military or naval action or campaign.
To conduct business in an irregular or devious manner.
To control the functioning of; run.
To conduct the affairs of; manage.
To supply with power.

To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Absolutely, in a proper manner: as, why do you not behave?
[The reflexive pronoun omitted.] To act in any relation; have or exhibit a mode of action or conduct: used of persons, and also of things having motion or operation.
To employ or occupy.
Absolutely, in a commendable or proper way; well or properly: as, behave yourself; they will not behave themselves.
With a reflexive pronoun, to conduct, comport, acquit, or demean. In some specified way.
Show a certain behavior
Conduct or comport oneself
To govern; manage; conduct; regulate.
In a particular manner, as specified: as, to behave well or ill; the ship behaves well.

To perform or be at work; exert force or influence; act: with on or upon governing the object of the action: as, the sculptor operates on the clay or marble of which he makes his figures; a machine operates on the raw materials submitted to it.
Specifically, in surgery, to perform some manual act upon the body of the patient, usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, or otherwise to improve the physical condition.
To produce an effect; act; work: used absolutely.
To produce the desired or appropriate effect; act effectively; be effectual in producing the result intended: as, the medicine operated well.
To carry on speculative transactions; buy and sell speculatively: with in: as, to operate in stocks; to operate in oil.
Direct or control
To direct or superintend the working of; cause to move or perform the acts desired; work: as, to operate a machine.
Projects, businesses, etc.
To effect; produce by action or the exertion of force or energy; accomplish as an agent; cause.
Synonyms 3 and 4. Act, Work, etc. See act.

Adopt, Proceed, Operate, Obey, Treat, Behavior, React, Deport, Bear, Carry, Acquit, Conduct, Comport, Do, Act

Utilize, Operation, Exist, Employ, Manoeuvre, Operate on, Lock, Mesh, Maneuver, Control, Engage, Go, Function, Work, Run

Contain, Involve, Worry, Wise, Behaviour, Operate, Obey, Treat, Behavior, Deport, Bear, Carry, Conduct, Comport, Act

Develop, Deploy, Functioning, Utilize, Operation, Exist, Employ, Operate on, Lock, Mesh, Maneuver, Control, Function, Work, Run

Service Dogs should behave professionally at all times.
In fact, solid alkanes behave as water repellents.
It is even more important to behave respectfully.
Boys will then behave in a way that is _________________ and girls will behave in a way that is _________________.
You behave like a friend when they behave like a friend.
We cannot expect individuals in the past to know what we know or to behave as we behave.
We were carefully trained in how you behave in public, how you behave while travelling.
At all times people acting on behalf of the University must behave and be seen to behave in an impartial and transparent manner.
It creates incentives to behave in certain ways and not behave in others.
Children will behave as they are expected to behave.

Employees are allowed to operate forklifts without training.
The transmitters and receivers operate on AA batteries.
Additionally, United States cellular networks operate generally below.
If you authorize any person to operate your account by executing a power of attorney, that person can operate the account on your behalf.
He would be protected if he refused to operate, but he chose to operate.
No person who is a habitual user of narcotic, hypnotic, somnifacient or stimulant drugs shall operate or attempt to operate a motor vehicle.
In addition, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in every country in which we operate or intend to operate our business.
All persons who operate or expect to operate the type of motor vehicle described in the endorsement shall take and pass specialized tests.
This system helps make certain that employees who operate City vehicles have a valid and correct classification of license for the vehicle they operate.
TETANUS BOOSTER WAS GIVEN FOLLOW LABEL INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED ON PRESCRIPTION DO NOT OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES OR OPERATE MACHINERY WHILE TAKING THIS MEDICATION.