motion vs progress

progress vs motion

motion and progress both are nouns.

motion and progress both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of motion include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, 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)	progress (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
the act of changing location from one place to another	gradual improvement or growth or development
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals	a movement forward
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)	progress (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	develop in a positive way
	form or accumulate steadily
	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

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