motility vs foetal movement

foetal movement vs motility

motility and foetal movement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motility	Yes	No	No	No
foetal movement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foetal movement is a hyponym of motility; that is, foetal movement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motility:

motility: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
foetal movement: motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)

Other hyponyms of motility include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, eversion, everting, inversion, inversion, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.

motility (noun)	foetal movement (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)
ability to move spontaneously and independently

Difference between motility and foetal movement

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