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motion vs upending

upending vs motion

motion and upending both are nouns.

motion is a verb but upending is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
upending Yes No No No
As nouns, upending is a hyponym of motion; that is, upending is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • upending: turning upside down; setting on end
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, 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, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.
motion (noun) upending (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location turning upside down; setting on end
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) upending (verb)
show, express or direct through movement
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