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motion vs passage

passage vs motion

motion and passage both are nouns.

motion is a verb but passage is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
passage Yes No No No
As nouns, passage is a hyponym of motion; that is, passage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  • passage: the motion of one object relative to another
Other hyponyms of motion include crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion, kick, recoil, seek, squeeze, wring, cam stroke, stroke, throw, turn, turning, twist, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis, decelerated motion, motion with variable acceleration.
motion (noun) passage (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location a journey usually by ship
the act of changing location from one place to another the passing of a law by a legislative body
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals the act of passing something to another person
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote the act of passing from one state or place to the next
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object a way through or along which someone or something may pass
a state of change a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
a short section of a musical composition
the motion of one object relative to another
motion (verb) passage (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
Difference between motion and passage

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