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motion vs inclination

inclination vs motion

motion and inclination both are nouns.

motion is a verb but inclination is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
inclination Yes No No No
As nouns, inclination is a hyponym of motion; that is, inclination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • inclination: the act of inclining; bending forward
Other hyponyms of motion include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, 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) inclination (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of inclining; bending forward
the act of changing location from one place to another a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a state of change (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
motion (verb) inclination (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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