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motion vs kicking

kicking vs motion

motion and kicking both are nouns.

motion is a verb but kicking is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
kicking Yes No No No
As nouns, kicking is a hyponym of motion; that is, kicking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • kicking: a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
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, inversion, inversion, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, 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) kicking (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of delivering a blow with the foot
the act of changing location from one place to another a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
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) kicking (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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