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action vs thing

thing vs action

action and thing both are nouns.

action is a verb but thing is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
thing Yes No No No
As nouns, thing is a hyponym of action; that is, thing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • thing: an action
Other hyponyms of action include exercise, benignity, kindness, accomplishment, achievement, alienation, application, res gestae, course, course of action, interaction, fetch, playing, play, swordplay, arrival, carrying into action, carrying out, execution, 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) thing (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field a separate and self-contained entity
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 an action
something done (usually as opposed to something said) an artifact
a military engagement an entity that is not named specifically
an act by a government body or supranational organization any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism a special abstraction
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). a special objective
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful a vaguely specified concern
the series of events that form a plot a statement regarded as an object
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) an event
the state of being active a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
a special situation
action (verb) thing (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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