Motion vs. Move — What's the Difference?

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.

To change in position from one point to another

The action or process of moving or being moved

To follow a specified course

A formal proposal put to a legislature or committee

To change posture or position; stir

An evacuation of the bowels

To start off; depart

Direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

Propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

The act or process of changing position or place.

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

A meaningful or expressive change in the position of the body or a part of the body; a gesture.

To progress in sequence; go forward

Active operation

To progress toward a particular state or condition

The ability or power to move

To be disposed of by sale

The manner in which the body moves, as in walking.

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

A prompting from within; an impulse or inclination

To exhibit great activity or energy

(Music) Melodic ascent and descent of pitch.

To initiate an action; act

(Law) An application made to a court for an order or a ruling.

To be active in a particular environment

A formal proposal put to the vote under parliamentary procedures.

To stir the emotions

A mechanical device or piece of machinery that moves or causes motion; a mechanism.

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

The movement or action of such a device.

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

To direct by making a gesture

To change the place or position of

To indicate by making a gesture; signal

To cause to go from one place to another

To make a motion (that something should happen).

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

To signal by making a gesture

To change the course of

(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.

To cause to progress or advance

(countable) A change of position with respect to time.

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

(physics) A change from one place to another.

To prompt to action; rouse

(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

(obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.

To cause to function

(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.

To cause to progress or advance

Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

(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.

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

(euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.

To dispose of by sale

(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.)

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

(obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.

The act or an instance of moving.

(mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.

A particular manner of moving

To gesture indicating a desired movement.

A change of residence or location.

(proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

To make a proposal; to offer plans.

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

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.

A participant's turn to make a play.

Power of, or capacity for, motion.

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

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.

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

A puppet show or puppet.

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

To make proposal; to offer plans.

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

To propose; to move.

To apply to, as for aid.

A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

To request an action from the court.

The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

To bow or salute upon meeting.

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

A state of change;

The act of moving; a movement.

A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

The act of changing location from one place to another;

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;

The event of changing one's residence.

Show, express or direct through movement;

A change in strategy.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

To apply to, as for aid.

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

The act of moving; a movement.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

The act of deciding to do something;

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

The act of changing location from one place to another;

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Be in a state of action;

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Give an incentive for action;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Dispose of by selling;

Progress by being changed;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting