motion vs tectonic movement

tectonic movement vs motion

motion and tectonic movement both are nouns.

motion is a verb but tectonic movement is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No
tectonic movement	Yes	No	No	No

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

motion: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
tectonic movement: movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust

Other hyponyms of motion include crustal movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion, kick, recoil, seek, squeeze, wring, cam stroke, stroke, throw, turn, turning, twist, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis, decelerated motion, motion with variable acceleration.

motion (noun)	tectonic movement (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
the act of changing location from one place to another
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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)	tectonic movement (verb)
show, express or direct through movement

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