movement vs stroke

movement and stroke both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while stroke is a verb.

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

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

movement: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
stroke: a single complete 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, 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, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.

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

movement: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
stroke: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Other hyponyms of movement include crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion, kick, recoil, seek, squeeze, wring, cam stroke, throw, turn, turning, twist, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis, decelerated motion, motion with variable acceleration.

movement (noun)	stroke (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
the act of changing the location of something	a light touch with the hands
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	a single complete movement
the act of changing location from one place to another	any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)	a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)	a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata	the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	a light touch
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals	anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object	the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
a euphemism for defecation	(golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
	a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

movement (verb)	stroke (verb)
	treat gingerly or carefully
	strike a ball with a smooth blow
	row at a particular rate
	touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

movement vs stroke

movement and stroke both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while stroke is a verb.

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