action vs succession

succession vs action

action and succession both are nouns.

action is a verb but succession is not a verb.

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

As nouns, succession is a hyponym of action; that is, succession 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)
succession: (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

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, 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, natural selection, selection, survival, survival of the fittest, synergism, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification.

action (noun)	succession (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field	the action of following in order
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	acquisition of property by descent or by will
something done (usually as opposed to something said)	a following of one thing after another in time
a military engagement	a group of people or things arranged or following in order
an act by a government body or supranational organization	(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
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)	succession (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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