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motion vs agitation

agitation vs motion

motion and agitation both are nouns.

motion is a verb but agitation is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
agitation Yes No No No
As nouns, agitation is a hyponym of motion; that is, agitation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • agitation: the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
Other hyponyms of motion include abduction, adduction, 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) agitation (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location disturbance usually in protest
the act of changing location from one place to another the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals the feeling of being agitated; not calm
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
a state of change
motion (verb) agitation (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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