following vs movement

movement vs following

following and movement both are nouns.

following is an adjective but movement is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
following	Yes	Yes	No	No
movement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, movement is a hypernym of following; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than following:

following: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
movement: the act of changing location from one place to another

Other hypernyms of following include motion, move.

following (noun)	movement (noun)
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a group of followers or enthusiasts	the act of changing the location of something
	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

following (adjective)	movement (adjective)
going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction
in the desired direction
about to be mentioned or specified
immediately following in time or order

Difference between following and movement

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