motion vs span

motion and span both are nouns.

motion and span both are verbs.

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

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

motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
span: the act of sitting or standing astride

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, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.

motion (noun)	span (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of sitting or standing astride
the act of changing location from one place to another	a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals	the distance or interval between two points
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote	a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	two items of the same kind
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object	the complete duration of something
a state of change

motion (verb)	span (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	to cover or extend over an area or time period

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