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ascent vs movement

movement vs ascent

ascent and movement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ascent Yes No No No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of ascent; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than ascent:
  • ascent: the act of changing location in an upward direction
  • movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of ascent include motion, move.
ascent (noun) movement (noun)
the act of changing location in an upward direction a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a movement upward; rise above the ground the act of changing the location of something
an upward slope or grade (as in a road) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
the act of changing location from one place to another
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
a euphemism for defecation
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