Motion vs. Action
Motionnoun
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
Motionnoun
(countable) A change of position with respect to time.
Motionnoun
(physics) A change from one place to another.
Motionnoun
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
Motionnoun
(obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
Motionnoun
(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
Motionnoun
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
Motionnoun
(law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
Motionnoun
(euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
Motionnoun
(music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
Motionnoun
(obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
Motionverb
To gesture indicating a desired movement.
Motionverb
(proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
Motionverb
To make a proposal; to offer plans.
Motionnoun
The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; - opposed to rest.
Motionnoun
Power of, or capacity for, motion.
Motionnoun
Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
Motionnoun
Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
Motionnoun
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
Motionnoun
A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
Motionnoun
An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
Motionnoun
Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
Motionnoun
A puppet show or puppet.
Motionverb
To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
Motionverb
To make proposal; to offer plans.
Motionverb
To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
Motionverb
To propose; to move.
Motionnoun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Motionnoun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Motionnoun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
Motionnoun
a state of change;
Motionnoun
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;
Motionnoun
the act of changing location from one place to another;
Motionnoun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
Motionverb
show, express or direct through movement;
Motionnoun
the action or process of moving or being moved
Motionnoun
a gesture
Motionnoun
a piece of moving mechanism
Motionnoun
a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee
Motionnoun
an application for a rule or order of court
Motionnoun
an evacuation of the bowels
Motionverb
direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head
Motionverb
propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly
Motion
In physics, motion is the phenomenon in which an object changes its position over time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and time.
Actionnoun
Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
Actionnoun
A way of motion or functioning.
Actionnoun
Fast-paced activity.
Actionnoun
A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
Actionnoun
(music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
Actionnoun
(slang) sexual intercourse.
Actionnoun
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
Actionnoun
(military) Combat.
Actionnoun
(legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
Actionnoun
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
Actionnoun
(physics) The product of energy and time, esp. the product of the Lagrangian and time.
Actionnoun
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Actionnoun
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Actionnoun
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
Actionnoun
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
Actioninterjection
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
Actionverb
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Actionverb
To initiate a legal action against someone.
Actionnoun
A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
Actionnoun
An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
Actionnoun
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Actionnoun
Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
Actionnoun
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Actionnoun
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
Actionnoun
Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
Actionnoun
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Actionnoun
A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
Actionnoun
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
Actionnoun
An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
Actionnoun
The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
Actionnoun
something done (usually as opposed to something said);
Actionnoun
the state of being active;
Actionnoun
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
Actionnoun
an act by a government body or supranational organization;
Actionnoun
a military engagement;
Actionnoun
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
Actionnoun
the series of events that form a plot;
Actionnoun
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
Actionnoun
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
Actionnoun
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
Actionverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
Actionverb
put in effect;
Actionnoun
the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim
Actionnoun
the way in which something such as a chemical has an effect or influence
Actionnoun
short for industrial action
Actionnoun
the events represented in a story or play
Actionnoun
exciting or notable activity
Actionnoun
used by a film director as a command to begin
Actionnoun
a thing done; an act
Actionnoun
a gesture or movement
Actionnoun
the way in which something works or moves
Actionnoun
the mechanism that makes a machine or instrument work
Actionnoun
armed conflict
Actionnoun
a military engagement
Actionnoun
legal proceedings; a lawsuit
Actionverb
take action on; deal with
