motility vs squatting

squatting vs motility

motility and squatting both are nouns.

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

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

motility: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
squatting: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

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, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squat, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.

motility (noun)	squatting (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
ability to move spontaneously and independently	exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

Difference between motility and squatting

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