action vs radiation

radiation vs action

action and radiation both are nouns.

action is a verb but radiation is not a verb.

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

As nouns, radiation is a hyponym of action; that is, radiation 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)
radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats

Other hyponyms of action include 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, 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)	radiation (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the act of spreading outward from a central source
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	(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
a military engagement	the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
an act by a government body or supranational organization	energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism	the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).	syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
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)	radiation (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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