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motion vs pitching

pitching vs motion

motion and pitching both are nouns.

motion is a verb but pitching is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
pitching Yes No No No
As nouns, pitching is a hyponym of motion; that is, pitching is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • pitching: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
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, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, 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) pitching (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
the act of changing location from one place to another abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
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) pitching (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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