movement vs squat

squat vs movement

movement and squat both are nouns.

movement is not an adjective while squat is an adjective.

movement is not a verb while squat is a verb.

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

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

movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
squat: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

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, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.

movement (noun)	squat (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
the act of changing the location of something	exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	a small worthless amount
the act of changing location from one place to another
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 (adjective)	squat (adjective)
	having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
	short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

movement (verb)	squat (verb)
	to perform the squat weightlifting exercise
	sit on one's heels
	occupy (a dwelling) illegally
	be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

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