motility vs reciprocation

reciprocation vs motility

motility and reciprocation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motility	Yes	No	No	No
reciprocation	Yes	No	No	No

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

motility: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
reciprocation: alternating back-and-forth movement

Other hyponyms of motility include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal 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, 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)	reciprocation (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of making or doing something in return
ability to move spontaneously and independently	alternating back-and-forth movement
	mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

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