motion vs slide

slide vs motion

motion and slide both are nouns.

motion and slide both are verbs.

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

As nouns, slide is a hyponym of motion; that is, slide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:

motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
slide: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

Other hyponyms of motion include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration.

motion (noun)	slide (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
the act of changing location from one place to another	sloping channel through which things can descend
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object	(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
a state of change	(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

motion (verb)	slide (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move smoothly along a surface

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