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migration vs motion

motion vs migration

migration and motion both are nouns.

migration is not a verb while motion is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
migration Yes No No No
motion Yes No Yes No
As nouns, motion is a hypernym of migration; that is, motion is a word with a broader meaning than migration:
  • migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
  • motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of migration include move, movement.
migration (noun) motion (noun)
the movement of persons from one country or locality to another a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding the act of changing location from one place to another
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) 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
migration (verb) motion (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
Difference between migration and motion

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