According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. This behavior can be repeated or can be repeated over and over until the victim is hurt physically and mentally. If it is repeated the effects can be really bad to the victim of bullying

According to Merriam-webster bullying is the abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, more powerful, etc. The act of bullying is where the bully is trying to gain power by abusing other people who look weaker than him.

So in conclusion bullying is the act of a person mistreating, abusing other people (usually school-aged children) with the purpose of gaining power over others.

 

There are many types of bullying in this world, each and every type of bullying has some kind of uniqueness some can scale at an exponential rate, some can need time to spread, some can have a greater impact on the victim, etc. the types of bullying are:

1. Physical bullying: as the name itself physical bullying is where the bully uses physical force on the victim, this type is uncommonly seen among students and it can cause long term damage or short damage.
    

2. Verbal bullying: as the name itself this also tells us that this type involves verbal abusing the victim, this type of bullying can start harmless to the victim, and then it could hurt the victim. this type is also commonly seen in schools or even public places like train stations or restaurants.
    

3. Cyberbullying: this type of bullying can be seen throughout the internet in many social media apps like Instagram or Facebook, the shapes of cyberbullying are mean comments or hate comments. This is one of the most common types of bullying because it can happen at any time and anywhere around the world and from strangers that we do not know.