movement vs stretch

stretch vs movement

movement and stretch both are nouns.

movement is not an adjective while stretch is an adjective.

movement is not a verb while stretch is a verb.

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

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

movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
stretch: 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, reach, reaching, 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)	stretch (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
the act of changing the location of something	the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
the act of changing location from one place to another	a straightaway section of a racetrack
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)	the capacity for being stretched
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)	a large and unbroken expanse or distance
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata	an unbroken period of time during which you do something
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)	stretch (adjective)
	easily stretched
	having an elongated seating area

movement (verb)	stretch (verb)
	extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
	extend one's body or limbs
	become longer by being stretched and pulled
	make long or longer by pulling and stretching
	extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
	increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
	corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
	pull in opposite directions
	extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
	lie down comfortably
	occupy a large, elongated area

Difference between movement and stretch

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