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onward motion vs movement

movement vs onward motion

onward motion and movement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
onward motion Yes No No No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of onward motion; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than onward motion:
  • onward motion: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
  • movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of onward motion include motion, move.
onward motion (noun) movement (noun)
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the act of changing the location of something
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
the act of changing location from one place to another
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 onward motion and movement

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