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motion vs disturbance

disturbance vs motion

motion and disturbance both are nouns.

motion is a verb but disturbance is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
disturbance Yes No No No
As nouns, disturbance is a hyponym of motion; that is, disturbance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • disturbance: the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
Other hyponyms of motion include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, 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) disturbance (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
the act of changing location from one place to another a noisy fight
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something a disorderly outburst or tumult
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
a state of change an unhappy and worried mental state
motion (verb) disturbance (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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