wink vs motion

wink and motion both are nouns.

wink and motion both are verbs.

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

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

wink: signal by winking
motion: show, express or direct through movement

Other hypernyms of wink include gesticulate, gesture.

wink (noun)	motion (noun)
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
closing one eye quickly as a signal	the act of changing location from one place to another
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)	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

wink (verb)	motion (verb)
briefly shut the eyes	show, express or direct through movement
keep back by blinking
signal by winking
gleam or glow intermittently

Difference between wink and motion

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