movement vs jerk

jerk vs movement

movement and jerk both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while jerk is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
movement	Yes	No	No	No
jerk	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
jerk: an abrupt spasmodic movement

Other hyponyms of movement include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, eversion, everting, inversion, inversion, upending, 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.

movement (noun)	jerk (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	an abrupt spasmodic movement
the act of changing the location of something	a sudden abrupt pull
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
the act of changing location from one place to another	meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)	a dull stupid fatuous person
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)	(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
a euphemism for defecation

movement (verb)	jerk (verb)
	make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
	throw or toss with a quick motion
	pull, or move with a sudden movement
	move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
	jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

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