movement vs twist

twist vs movement

movement and twist both are nouns.

movement is not a verb while twist is a verb.

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

As nouns, twist is a hyponym of movement; that is, twist 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
twist: a jerky pulling movement

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, stroke, throw, turn, turning, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis, decelerated motion, motion with variable acceleration.

movement (noun)	twist (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
the act of changing the location of something	any clever maneuver
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end	the act of rotating rapidly
the act of changing location from one place to another	turning or twisting around (in place)
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)	the act of winding or twisting
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)	a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata	an interpretation of a text or action
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	an unforeseen development
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals	a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object	a jerky pulling movement
a euphemism for defecation	a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
	a circular segment of a curve
	a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

movement (verb)	twist (verb)
	twist suddenly so as to sprain
	form into twists
	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
	turn in the opposite direction
	form into a spiral shape
	cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
	twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
	to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
	do the twist
	extend in curves and turns

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