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reaction vs passage

passage vs reaction

reaction and passage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reaction Yes No No No
passage Yes No No No
As nouns, passage is a hyponym of reaction; that is, passage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reaction:
  • reaction: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
  • passage: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Other hyponyms of reaction include automatism, rebound, overreaction, electrical skin response, electrodermal response, Fere phenomenon, galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, Tarchanoff phenomenon, immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response, tropism, taxis, kinesis, double take, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex, learned reaction, learned response, passing, answer, transfusion reaction, ASMR, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.
reaction (noun) passage (noun)
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent a journey usually by ship
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like the passing of a law by a legislative body
an idea evoked by some experience the act of passing something to another person
extreme conservatism in political or social matters the act of passing from one state or place to the next
(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude a way through or along which someone or something may pass
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
a short section of a musical composition
the motion of one object relative to another
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