different between direction vs movement

English

Etymology

From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)

1. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.

2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.

4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

5. (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. (archaic) A person's address.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:

     Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.

Derived terms

Related terms

• direct

Translations

Anagrams

• cretinoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??k.sj??/

Noun

direction f (plural directions)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government

Derived terms

• direction assistée

Related terms

• directeur
• diriger

Descendants

• ? Turkish: direksiyon

Further reading

• “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

direction (plural directiones)

1. direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
2. direction, leadership, control, supervision

English

Alternative forms

• mov., movt, mvmt, mvt (abbreviation and contractions used in music)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum.

Morphologically move +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?v.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: move?ment

Noun

movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)

1. Physical motion between points in space.

   Synonym: motion

   Antonym: stasis

2. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
3. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
4. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

6. (music) A large division of a larger composition.

7. (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
8. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.

9. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.

10. (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
11. An act of emptying the bowels.
12. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• speed
• symphony
• vector
• velocity
• The Movement (literature)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• mouvement

Etymology

From Old French movement.

Noun

movement m (plural movemens)

1. movement

Descendants

• French: mouvement

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan; equivalent to mover +? -ment. Cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum.

Noun

movement m (plural movements)

1. movement (physical motion)
2. movement (trend in various fields)

Related terms

• mòure / mover

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 664.

Old French

Etymology

movoir +? -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin m?vimentum (itself probably partly based on the Old French or other early Romance cognates), from Latin move?.

Noun

movement m (oblique plural movemenz or movementz, nominative singular movemenz or movementz, nominative plural movement)

1. movement

Descendants

• English: movement
• Middle French: movement, mouvement
  • French: mouvement