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motion vs abduction

abduction vs motion

motion and abduction both are nouns.

motion is a verb but abduction is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
abduction Yes No No No
As nouns, abduction is a hyponym of motion; that is, abduction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • abduction: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Other hyponyms of motion include 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, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.
motion (noun) abduction (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
the act of changing location from one place to another (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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
motion (verb) abduction (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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