motion vs backlash

backlash vs motion

motion and backlash both are nouns.

motion and backlash both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No
backlash	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

motion: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
backlash: a movement back from an impact

Other hyponyms of motion include crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, rebound, recoil, repercussion, kick, recoil, seek, squeeze, wring, cam stroke, stroke, throw, turn, turning, twist, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis, decelerated motion, motion with variable acceleration.

motion (noun)	backlash (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
the act of changing location from one place to another	a movement back from an impact
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)	backlash (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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