motion vs migration
migration vs motionmotion and migration both are nouns.
motion is a verb but migration is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| motion | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| migration | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
migration is a hyponym of
motion; that is, migration is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
motion:
- motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
- migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
Other hyponyms of motion include
approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play.
| motion (noun) | migration (noun) |
|---|---|
| a change of position that does not entail a change of location | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| the act of changing location from one place to another | the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding |
| the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule |
| a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) |
| 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) | migration (verb) |
|---|---|
| show, express or direct through movement |
Words related to "motion"
- Brownian motion
- Brownian movement
- V sign
- abduction
- acclaim
- adduction
- advance
- advancement
- agitation
- apparent motion
- apparent movement
- applaud
- approach
- approaching
- ascending
- ascension
- ascent
- backlash
- beck
- beckon
- bend
- bending
- bless
- body English
- bow
- bow down
- bowing
- cam stroke
- change
- change of location
- chase
- circumduction
- clap
- closing
- coast
- coming
- commotion
- communicate
- crawl
- cross oneself
- crustal movement
- curtsey
- curtsy
- dart
- decelerated motion
- deflection
- deflexion
- descent
- displacement
- disturbance
- eurhythmics
- eurhythmy
- eurythmics
- eurythmy
- eversion
- everting
- exsert
- extend
- eye movement
- facial expression
- facial gesture
- fetal movement
- flicker
- flit
- flourish
- flow
- flutter
- foetal movement
- following
- forward motion
- gesticulate
- gesticulation
- gesture
- glide
- happening
- haste
- headshake
- headshaking
- heave
- high-five
- hold out
- hurry
- hurrying
- inclination
- inclining
- intercommunicate
- inversion
- jerk
- jerking
- jitter
- jolt
- kick
- kicking
- kneel
- kneeling
- locomotion
- lunge
- lurch
- maneuver
- manoeuvre
- migration
- motility
- motion with variable acceleration
- motional
- motionlessness
- move
- movement
- moving
- moving ridge
- natural event
- nod
- nonmoving
- obeisance
- occurrence
- occurrent
- onward motion
- opening
- optical illusion
- palpitation
- passage
- passing
- pedesis
- periodic motion
- periodic movement
- perpetual motion
- pitch
- pitching
- play
- posing
- precession
- present
- previous question
- procession
- progress
- progression
- proposal
- prostration
- pursual
- pursuit
- put out
- question
- quiver
- quivering
- reach
- reaching
- rebound
- reciprocation
- reclining
- recoil
- relative motion
- repercussion
- retraction
- retroflection
- retroflexion
- return
- rise
- rotary motion
- rotation
- rush
- rushing
- saccade
- salute
- seek
- shake
- shakiness
- shaking
- shift
- shifting
- shrug
- shutting
- sign
- sign of the cross
- sitting
- slide
- slippage
- snap
- span
- spat
- speed
- speeding
- squat
- squatting
- squeeze
- squirm
- standing
- state
- straddle
- stream
- stretch
- stretch forth
- stretch out
- stroke
- sweep
- swing
- swinging
- tectonic movement
- throw
- toss
- translation
- travel
- traveling
- travelling
- trembling
- turn
- turning
- twist
- undulation
- unmoving
- upending
- vacillation
- vibration
- visual communication
- wafture
- wave
- waver
- waving
- whirl
- wiggle
- wink
- wobble
- wrench
- wriggle
- wring
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