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action vs transgression

transgression vs action

action and transgression both are nouns.

action is a verb but transgression is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
transgression Yes No No No
As nouns, transgression is a hyponym of action; that is, transgression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • transgression: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
Other hyponyms of action include thing, 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, aggression, hostility, group action, destabilisation, destabilization, employment, engagement, civility, politeness, reverence, consultation, reference, accenting, accentuation, emphasizing, beatification, jump-start, jumpstart, stupefaction, vampirism.
action (noun) transgression (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
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 action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
something done (usually as opposed to something said) the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
a military engagement
an act by a government body or supranational organization
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) transgression (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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