action vs diffusion

diffusion vs action

action and diffusion both are nouns.

action is a verb but diffusion is not a verb.

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

As nouns, diffusion is a hyponym of action; that is, diffusion 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)
diffusion: (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

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, decay, demagnetisation, demagnetization, desorption, 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)	diffusion (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the act of dispersing or diffusing 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	the property of being diffused or dispersed
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
a military engagement	(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
an act by a government body or supranational organization
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)	diffusion (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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