motion picture vs movie

motion picture and movie both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion picture	Yes	No	No	No
movie	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, motion picture and movie are synonyms defined as:

motion picture and movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Other synonyms of motion picture include film, flick, motion-picture show, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.

motion picture (noun)	movie (noun)
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement	a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement