challenge vs action

action vs challenge

challenge and action both are nouns.

challenge and action both are verbs.

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

As verbs, action is a hyponym of challenge; that is, action is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than challenge:

challenge: issue a challenge to
action: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

Other hyponyms of challenge include provoke, stimulate, counterchallenge, call into question, oppugn, question, impeach, impugn, dare, defy, call one's bluff, call out, remand, remit, send back, appeal, litigate, process, sue, litigate.

challenge (noun)	action (noun)
a call to engage in a contest or fight	the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation	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
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror	something done (usually as opposed to something said)
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification	a military engagement
a demanding or stimulating situation	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

challenge (verb)	action (verb)
issue a challenge to	put in effect
take exception to	institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
raise a formal objection in a court of law
ask for identification

Difference between challenge and action

Words related to "action"

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