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action vs movement

movement vs action

action and movement both are nouns.

action is a verb but movement is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hyponym of action; that is, movement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
  • movement: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Other hyponyms of action include firing mechanism, gunlock, piano action, pump action, slide action, action.
action (noun) movement (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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 changing the location of something
something done (usually as opposed to something said) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
a military engagement the act of changing location from one place to another
an act by a government body or supranational organization the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
the series of events that form a plot a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
the state of being active a euphemism for defecation
action (verb) movement (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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