action vs extinction

extinction vs action

action and extinction both are nouns.

action is a verb but extinction is not a verb.

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

As nouns, extinction is a hyponym of action; that is, extinction 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)
extinction: the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

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, diffusion, disintegration, dissolution, distillation, distillment, drift, effervescence, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis, ecesis, establishment, 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)	extinction (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
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 conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	complete annihilation
a military engagement	the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
an act by a government body or supranational organization	no longer in existence
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism	no longer active; extinguished
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)	extinction (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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