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motion vs state

state vs motion

motion and state both are nouns.

motion and state both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
state Yes No Yes No
As nouns, state is a hypernym of motion; that is, state is a word with a broader meaning than motion:
  • motion: a state of change
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
motion (noun) state (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the way something is with respect to its main attributes
the act of changing location from one place to another a politically organized body of people under a single government
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote the territory occupied by a nation
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object a state of depression or agitation
a state of change (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
motion (verb) state (verb)
show, express or direct through movement express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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