motion vs recoil

recoil vs motion

motion and recoil both are nouns.

motion and recoil both are verbs.

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

As nouns, recoil is a hyponym of motion; that is, recoil 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
recoil: a movement back from an impact

Other hyponyms of motion include crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, rebound, repercussion, kick, 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)	recoil (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	a movement back from an impact
the act of changing location from one place to another	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
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)	recoil (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
	draw back, as with fear or pain
	spring back; spring away from an impact
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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