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motion vs reaching

reaching vs motion

motion and reaching both are nouns.

motion is a verb but reaching is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
reaching Yes No No No
As nouns, reaching is a hyponym of motion; that is, reaching is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • reaching: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, 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) reaching (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location accomplishment of an objective
the act of changing location from one place to another the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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) reaching (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
Difference between motion and reaching

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