action vs decay

decay vs action

action and decay both are nouns.

action and decay both are verbs.

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

As nouns, decay is a hyponym of action; that is, decay 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)
decay: the process of gradually becoming inferior

Other hyponyms of action include radiation, absorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, capture, centrifugation, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromatography, concretion, condensation, convection, clotting, coagulation, curdling, 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)	decay (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the organic phenomenon of rotting
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	a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	the process of gradually becoming inferior
a military engagement	the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
an act by a government body or supranational organization	an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
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)	decay (verb)
put in effect	fall into decay or ruin
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against	lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
	undergo decay or decomposition

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