act vs move

act

noun
  • The process of doing something. 

  • A product of a legislative body, a statute. 

  • A display of behaviour. 

  • A display of behaviour meant to deceive. 

  • A division of a theatrical performance. 

  • Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. 

  • Any organized activity. 

  • A performer or performers in a show. 

  • A formal or official record of something done. 

  • A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 

  • Something done, a deed. 

verb
  • Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly). 

  • To perform a theatrical role. 

  • To play (a role). 

  • To convey an appearance of being. 

  • To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of). 

  • To feign. 

  • To do something. 

  • To have an effect (on). 

  • To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time. 

  • To do something that causes a change binding on the doer. 

move

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

  • The event of changing one's residence. 

  • A change in strategy. 

  • A round, in which each player has a turn. 

  • The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. 

  • The act of moving; a movement. 

  • A transfer, a change from one employer to another. 

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

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

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

  • 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. 

  • To request an action from the court. 

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

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

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

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

  • To act; to take action; to begin to act 

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