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pursuit vs movement

movement vs pursuit

pursuit and movement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pursuit Yes No No No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of pursuit; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than pursuit:
  • pursuit: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
  • movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of pursuit include motion, move.
pursuit (noun) movement (noun)
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) the act of changing the location of something
an auxiliary activity a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria 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 pursuit and movement

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