motion vs procession

procession vs motion

motion and procession both are nouns.

motion is a verb but procession is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No
procession	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, procession is a hyponym of motion; that is, procession is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:

motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
procession: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Other hyponyms of motion include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, 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, migration.

motion (noun)	procession (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
the act of changing location from one place to another	the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals	(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
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)	procession (verb)
show, express or direct through movement

Difference between motion and procession

Words related to "motion"

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