coast vs motion

motion vs coast

coast and motion both are nouns.

coast and motion both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coast	Yes	No	Yes	No
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, motion is a hypernym of coast; that is, motion is a word with a broader meaning than coast:

coast: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
motion: the act of changing location from one place to another

Other hypernyms of coast include move, movement.

coast (noun)	motion (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the area within view	the act of changing location from one place to another
the shore of a sea or ocean	the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
a slope down which sleds may coast	a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
	a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
	a state of change

coast (verb)	motion (verb)
move effortlessly; by force of gravity	show, express or direct through movement

Difference between coast and motion

Words related to "motion"

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