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motion vs retroflection

retroflection vs motion

motion and retroflection both are nouns.

motion is a verb but retroflection is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
retroflection Yes No No No
As nouns, retroflection is a hyponym of motion; that is, retroflection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • retroflection: the act of bending backward
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, retraction, 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) retroflection (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of bending backward
the act of changing location from one place to another an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
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) retroflection (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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