shrug vs motion

shrug and motion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shrug	Yes	No	Yes	No
motion	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, motion is a hypernym of shrug; that is, motion is a word with a broader meaning than shrug:

shrug: a gesture involving the shoulders
motion: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

Other hypernyms of shrug include gesture.

As verbs, motion is a hypernym of shrug; that is, motion is a word with a broader meaning than shrug:

Other hypernyms of shrug include gesticulate, gesture.

shrug (noun)	motion (noun)
a gesture involving the shoulders	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
	the act of changing location from one place to another
	the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
	a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
	a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
	a state of change

shrug (verb)	motion (verb)
raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation	show, express or direct through movement