movement vs swing

swing vs movement

movement and swing both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while swing is a verb.

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

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

movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
swing: changing location by moving back and forth

Other hyponyms of movement include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration.

movement (noun)	swing (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	changing location by moving back and forth
the act of changing the location of something	in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
the act of changing location from one place to another	a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)	a sweeping blow or stroke
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)	mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata	a jaunty rhythm in music
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals	a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
a euphemism for defecation

movement (verb)	swing (verb)
	alternate dramatically between high and low values
	hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
	make a big sweeping gesture or movement
	engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
	play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
	move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
	move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
	change direction with a swinging motion; turn
	be a social swinger; socialize a lot
	influence decisively
	hang loosely
	live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
	have a certain musical rhythm

Difference between movement and swing

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