Stunt vs. Action — What's the Difference?

A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually on television, theaters, or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films.

The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim

To stop or slow (growth or development)

A thing done; an act

To stop or slow the growth or development of

The way in which something works or moves

To perform stunts or a stunt.

Armed conflict

One that stunts.

Legal proceedings; a lawsuit

One that is stunted.

Take action on; deal with

A plant disease that causes dwarfing.

The state or process of acting or doing

A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring.

Something that is done or accomplished; a deed. See Usage Note at act.

Something done to attract attention or publicity.

Organized activity to accomplish an objective

A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

The causation of change by the exertion of power or a natural process

(archaic) skill

Habitual or vigorous activity; energy

(American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.

Often actions Behavior or conduct.

A check in growth.

(Law) A proceeding brought before a court to obtain relief; a lawsuit.

That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

Armed encounter; combat

A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.

An engagement between troops or ships

To perform a stunt.

The most important or exciting work or activity in a specific field or area

To show off; to posture.

A movement or a series of movements, as of an actor.

(transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.

Manner of movement

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

The appearance of animation of a figure in painting or sculpture.

A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

The series of events and episodes that form the plot of a story or play

Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

A series or number of fast-moving, exciting, or dangerous events, especially in a movie

A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.

The operating parts of a mechanism.

An unusual action performed to gain public attention; as, a publicity stunt.

The manner in which such parts operate.

A difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention

The manner in which a musical instrument can be played; playability

A creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth

The effort of performing or doing something.

Check the growth or development of;

Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.

Perform a stunt or stunts

A way of motion or functioning.

Fast-paced activity.

The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.

(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.

(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.

The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.

Sexual intercourse.

(military) Combat.

(legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).

(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.

(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.

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.

The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.

(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.

(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.

(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.

(science) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).

Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.

(Manglish) arrogant

To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.

To initiate a legal action against someone.

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.

An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.

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.

Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.

Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.

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.

Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.

The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.

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.

A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

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.

Something done (usually as opposed to something said);

The state of being active;

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

An act by a government body or supranational organization;

A military engagement;

A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);

The series of events that form a plot;

The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;

The trait of being active and energetic and forceful;

The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;

Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

Put in effect;