action vs absorption

absorption vs action

action and absorption both are nouns.

action is a verb but absorption is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
action	Yes	No	Yes	No
absorption	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absorption is a hyponym of action; that is, absorption is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:

action: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
absorption: (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

Other hyponyms of action include radiation, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, capture, centrifugation, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromatography, concretion, condensation, convection, clotting, coagulation, curdling, decay, demagnetisation, demagnetization, desorption, diffusion, disintegration, dissolution, distillation, distillment, drift, effervescence, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis, ecesis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilisation, fossilization, geologic process, geological process, curing, hardening, set, solidification, solidifying, inactivation, ion exchange, ionisation, ionization, leach, leaching, magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization, materialisation, materialization, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair creation, pair formation, pair production, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change, precession of the equinoxes, release, saltation, scattering, sericulture, sink, soak, soakage, soaking, softening, sorption, source, rigidification, rigidifying, stiffening, stimulation, ecological succession, succession, natural selection, selection, survival, survival of the fittest, synergism, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification.

action (noun)	absorption (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the mental state of being preoccupied by something
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong	complete attention; intense mental effort
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
a military engagement	the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
an act by a government body or supranational organization	(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism	the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
the series of events that form a plot
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active

action (verb)	absorption (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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