movement vs reach

reach vs movement

movement and reach both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while reach is a verb.

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

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

movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
reach: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

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, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, 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)	reach (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
the act of changing the location of something	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	the limit of capability
the act of changing location from one place to another	the limits within which something can be effective
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
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)	reach (verb)
	be in or establish communication with
	to exert much effort or energy
	move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
	reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
	reach a destination, either real or abstract
	reach a goal
	place into the hands or custody of
	to gain with effort
	to extend as far as

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