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motion vs inversion

inversion vs motion

motion and inversion both are nouns.

motion is a verb but inversion is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
inversion Yes No No No
As nouns, inversion is a hyponym of motion; that is, inversion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • inversion: the act of turning inside out
Other hyponyms of motion include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, eversion, everting, 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) inversion (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location turning upside down; setting on end
the act of changing location from one place to another the act of turning inside out
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote the reversal of the normal order of words
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
a state of change the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
motion (verb) inversion (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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