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motion vs waver

waver vs motion

motion and waver both are nouns.

motion and waver both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion Yes No Yes No
waver Yes No Yes No
As nouns, waver is a hyponym of motion; that is, waver is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion:
  • motion: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • waver: the act of moving back and forth
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, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.
motion (noun) waver (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location the act of moving back and forth
the act of changing location from one place to another the act of pausing uncertainly
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals someone who communicates by waving
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) waver (verb)
show, express or direct through movement give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
sway from side to side
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
move back and forth very rapidly
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
be unsure or weak
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