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state vs motion

motion vs state

state and motion both are nouns.

state and motion both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
state Yes No Yes No
motion Yes No Yes No
As nouns, motion is a hyponym of state; that is, motion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • motion: a state of change
state (noun) motion (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes a change of position that does not entail a change of location
a politically organized body of people under a single government the act of changing location from one place to another
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
the territory occupied by a nation a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
a state of depression or agitation an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) a state of change
state (verb) motion (verb)
express in words show, express or direct through movement
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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