movement vs tendency

tendency vs movement

movement and tendency both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tendency is a hypernym of movement; that is, tendency is a word with a broader meaning than movement:

movement: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
tendency: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other hypernyms of movement include disposition, inclination.

movement (noun)	tendency (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
the act of changing the location of something	an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	an inclination to do something
the act of changing location from one place to another	a general direction in which something tends to move
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

Difference between movement and tendency

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