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motion vs sitting

sitting vs motion

motion and sitting both are nouns.

motion is not an adjective while sitting is an adjective.

motion is a verb but sitting is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
sitting Yes Yes No No
As nouns, sitting is a hyponym of motion; that is, sitting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • sitting: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
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, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, posing, 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) sitting (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
the act of changing location from one place to another (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals a session as of a legislature or court
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote a meeting of spiritualists
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 (adjective) sitting (adjective)
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
not moving and therefore easy to attack
motion (verb) sitting (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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