motion vs vacillation

vacillation vs motion

motion and vacillation both are nouns.

motion is a verb but vacillation is not a verb.

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

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

motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
vacillation: changing location by moving back and forth

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, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration.

motion (noun)	vacillation (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	changing location by moving back and forth
the act of changing location from one place to another	indecision in speech or action
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)	vacillation (verb)
show, express or direct through movement

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