jerk vs movement

movement vs jerk

jerk and movement both are nouns.

jerk is a verb but movement is not a verb.

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

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

jerk: an abrupt spasmodic movement
movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Other hypernyms of jerk include motility, motion, move.

jerk (noun)	movement (noun)
an abrupt spasmodic movement	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a sudden abrupt pull	the act of changing the location of something
raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms	a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun	the act of changing location from one place to another
a dull stupid fatuous person	the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration	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

jerk (verb)	movement (verb)
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
throw or toss with a quick motion
pull, or move with a sudden movement
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

Difference between jerk and movement

Words related to "movement"

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