motility vs sitting

sitting vs motility

motility and sitting both are nouns.

motility is not an adjective while sitting is an adjective.

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

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

motility: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
sitting: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

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, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, posing, 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)	sitting (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
ability to move spontaneously and independently	(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
	a session as of a legislature or court
	a meeting of spiritualists

motility (adjective)	sitting (adjective)
	(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
	not moving and therefore easy to attack

Difference between motility and sitting

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