motion vs crustal movement

crustal movement vs motion

motion and crustal movement both are nouns.

motion is a verb but crustal movement is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No
crustal movement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crustal movement is a hyponym of motion; that is, crustal movement 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
crustal movement: movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust

Other hyponyms of motion include tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, 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)	crustal movement (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
the act of changing location from one place to another
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)	crustal movement (verb)
show, express or direct through movement

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