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motion vs fetal movement

fetal movement vs motion

motion and fetal movement both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
fetal movement Yes No No No
As nouns, fetal movement is a hyponym of motion; that is, fetal movement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • fetal movement: motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)
Other hyponyms of motion include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, 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) fetal movement (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)
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) fetal movement (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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