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lurch vs movement

movement vs lurch

lurch and movement both are nouns.

lurch is a verb but movement is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lurch Yes No Yes No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of lurch; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than lurch:
  • lurch: the act of moving forward suddenly
  • movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of lurch include motion, move.
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of lurch; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than lurch:
  • lurch: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
  • movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Other hypernyms of lurch include motility, motion, move.
lurch (noun) movement (noun)
an unsteady uneven gait a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the act of moving forward suddenly the act of changing the location of something
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) 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
lurch (verb) movement (verb)
defeat by a lurch
move abruptly
move slowly and unsteadily
walk as if unable to control one's movements
loiter about, with no apparent aim
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