Action
Action noun - Something done by someone.
Moving parts and action are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Moving parts" instead a noun "Action".
Moving parts
Action and moving parts are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Action" instead a noun phrase "Moving parts".
Both terms in one sentence
- Named after, of course, the tendency to do this when playing with dolls and action figures, since their mouths have no moving parts.
Source: Action Figure Speech -
The Master Chief action figure, with 26 moving parts!
Source: Men Act, Women Are -
Based on the pocket-pistol work of Henry Deringer in the late 1840s, it appeared in 1866 and combined then-modern metallic cartridge, small size, concealability, double-shot ability by having over and under barrels like a hunting shotgun and a very simple action with few moving parts.
Source: Cool Guns / Handguns
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