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motion vs foetal movement

foetal movement vs motion

motion and foetal movement both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
foetal movement Yes No No No
As nouns, foetal movement is a hyponym of motion; that is, foetal 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
  • foetal 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, fetal 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) foetal 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) foetal movement (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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