different between emotion vs motion

English

Etymology

From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ?m?tus, past participle of ?move? (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ?- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and move? (“move”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /??mo???n/, /i?mo???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)

1. (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
2. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Synonyms

• (person's internal state of being): feeling, affect

Derived terms

• emotionable
• emotional

Related terms

Translations

References

• emotion at OneLook Dictionary Search
• emotion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• emotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin motio (“movement, motion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo???n/
• Rhymes: -????n
• Hyphenation: mot?ion

Noun

motion (countable and uncountable, plural motions)

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

   Synonym: movement

   Antonym: rest

2. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
   • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

     This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion.

3. (physics) A change from one place to another.

   Synonyms: move, movement

   Antonym: rest

   • 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95

     Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.

4. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
5. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica

     when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions.

6. (philosophy) from ??????? (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:

     "I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors, whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or Spermatical form distinct from the Rest or Motion of the particles of the Matter."

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

   • Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God.

8. (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.
9. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
10. (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.)
    • 1878, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians

      The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint.

11. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.

    • What motion's this? the model of Nineveh?

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

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Translations

Verb

motion (third-person singular simple present motions, present participle motioning, simple past and past participle motioned)

1. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
2. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
3. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

Usage notes

The parliamentary sense is incorrectly used by people who are not familiar with parliamentary procedure. They might say “I motion that such-and-such” – however, it would be correct to say “I move that such-and-such”.

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French motion, from Latin m?tio (“movement”), from mov?re (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosjo?n/, [mo??o??n]

Noun

motion c (singular definite motionen, not used in plural form)

1. exercise (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Further reading

• motion on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

From Old French motion, mocion, borrowed from Latin moti?, moti?nem, noun of action from perfect passive participle motus (“having been moved”), from verb movere (“move”), + noun of action suffix -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.sj??/

Noun

motion f (plural motions)

1. motion (4)

Related terms

• mouvoir
• mouvement

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French motion, mocion, borrowed from Latin m?tio (“movement, motion”).

Noun

motion f (plural motions)

1. (Jersey) motion

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t??u?n/, /m?t??u?n/

Noun

motion c

1. exercise (physical activity)
2. a motion (proposal from a member of parliament)

Declension

Related terms

• motionär
• motionera

Derived terms

• motionsidrott
• motionsrunda

References