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speed vs movement

movement vs speed

speed and movement both are nouns.

speed is a verb but movement is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speed Yes No Yes No
movement Yes No No No
As nouns, movement is a hypernym of speed; that is, movement is a word with a broader meaning than speed:
  • speed: changing location rapidly
  • movement: the act of changing location from one place to another
Other hypernyms of speed include motion, move.
speed (noun) movement (noun)
changing location rapidly a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression the act of changing the location of something
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system the act of changing location from one place to another
distance travelled per unit time 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
speed (verb) movement (verb)
move faster
cause to move faster
move very fast
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
move hurridly
Difference between speed and movement

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