action vs capture

capture vs action

action and capture both are nouns.

action and capture both are verbs.

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

As nouns, capture is a hyponym of action; that is, capture 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)
capture: any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

Other hyponyms of action include radiation, absorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, 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)	capture (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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	the act of taking of a person by force
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
a military engagement	any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
an act by a government body or supranational organization	a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
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)	capture (verb)
put in effect	capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against	succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
	succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
	attract; cause to be enamored
	take possession of by force, as after an invasion
	bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

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