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action vs execution

execution vs action

action and execution both are nouns.

action is a verb but execution is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
execution Yes No No No
As nouns, execution is a hyponym of action; that is, execution is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • execution: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Other hyponyms of action include thing, exercise, benignity, kindness, accomplishment, achievement, alienation, application, res gestae, course, course of action, interaction, fetch, playing, play, swordplay, arrival, carrying into action, carrying out, performance, choice, option, pick, selection, change, economy, saving, forbiddance, inhibition, prohibition, opposition, resistance, bruxism, transfusion, pickings, taking, transgression, aggression, hostility, group action, destabilisation, destabilization, employment, engagement, civility, politeness, reverence, consultation, reference, accenting, accentuation, emphasizing, beatification, jump-start, jumpstart, stupefaction, vampirism.
action (noun) execution (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field putting a condemned person to death
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 unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
something done (usually as opposed to something said) the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
a military engagement the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
an act by a government body or supranational organization a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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) execution (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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