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move vs take up

take up vs move

move is a noun but take up is not a noun.

move and take up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
move Yes No Yes No
take up No No Yes No
As verbs, take up is a hyponym of move; that is, take up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than move:
  • move: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  • take up: occupy or take on
Other hyponyms of move include move involuntarily, move reflexively, quicken, stretch, stretch out, click, flick, snap, bend, flex, propagate, spread, reach, reach out, potter, potter around, putter, putter around, dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, drop back, hit the deck, hit the dirt, gravitate, fly, ease up, give, give way, move over, yield, cut to, lurch, pitch, shift, jar, jolt, duck, bob, wallow, welter, squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe, coggle, wobble, sashay, sidle, sidle, sail, sweep, brush, sweep, waggle, wamble, chop, reciprocate, move back and forth, nod, beat, pulsate, quiver, beat, pound, thump, seesaw, teeter, totter, buck, hitch, jerk, cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt, careen, shift, tilt, wobble, boil, churn, moil, roil, slip, steal, agitate, shake, vibrate, jerk, twitch, flip, twitch, click, snap, agitate, budge, shift, stir, arouse, stir, dance, stumble, trip, falter, waver, flap, roll, undulate, wave, mill, mill about, mill around, turn, jump, start, startle, mope, mope around, bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up, climb, strike out, bound, jump, leap, spring, bolt, get down, assume, strike, take, seesaw, exit, get out, go out, leave, part, separate, split, diverge, lean, list, tumble, whirl, whirl around, close, come together, bustle, bustle about, hustle, fidget, dawdle, linger, cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince, hurl, hurtle, lunge, thrust, swoop, flow, flux, course, feed, flow, run, flurry, streak, heave, crash, thunder, snap, beat, flap, fling, hop, turn, dodge, dodge, throw, make way, dance, grab, cut, close, jump, jump off, leap, slip.
move (noun) take up (noun)
the act of deciding to do something
the act of changing your residence or place of business
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the act of changing location from one place to another
move (verb) take up (verb)
be in a state of action pursue or resume
go or proceed from one point to another return to a previous location or condition
progress by being changed adopt
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting take up as if with a sponge
have a turn; make one's move in a game take out or up with or as if with a scoop
give an incentive for action accept
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon take in, also metaphorically
arouse sympathy or compassion in take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion occupy or take on
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense take up and practice as one's own
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically turn one's interest to
dispose of by selling take up time or space
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
follow a procedure or take a course
live one's life in a specified environment
Difference between move and take up

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