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execution vs action

action vs execution

execution and action both are nouns.

execution is not a verb while action is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
execution Yes No No No
action Yes No Yes No
As nouns, action is a hypernym of execution; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than execution:
  • execution: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
execution (noun) action (noun)
putting a condemned person to death the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being 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 act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it something done (usually as opposed to something said)
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order a military engagement
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out an act by a government body or supranational organization
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer 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
execution (verb) action (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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