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motion vs retraction

retraction vs motion

motion and retraction both are nouns.

motion is a verb but retraction is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
retraction Yes No No No
As nouns, retraction is a hyponym of motion; that is, retraction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • retraction: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
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, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, 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) retraction (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
the act of changing location from one place to another a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
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) retraction (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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