Move vs. Prompt — What's the Difference?

To change in position from one point to another

Being on time; punctual.

To follow a specified course

Carried out or performed without delay

To change posture or position; stir

To move to act; spur; incite

To start off; depart

To give rise to; inspire

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

To assist with a reminder; remind.

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

The act of prompting or giving a cue.

To progress in sequence; go forward

A reminder or cue.

To progress toward a particular state or condition

(Computers) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

To be disposed of by sale

Something which inspires a response, especially a statement or series of questions designed to provoke creative or critical thought from a student

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

Quick; acting without delay.

To exhibit great activity or energy

On time; punctual.

To initiate an action; act

(archaic) Ready; willing to act.

To be active in a particular environment

A reminder or cue.

To stir the emotions

A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.

To change the place or position of

(transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.

To cause to go from one place to another

To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.

To change the course of

Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; - said of persons.

To cause to progress or advance

Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; - said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

Easy; unobstructed.

To prompt to action; rouse

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.

To cause to function

To suggest; to dictate.

To cause to progress or advance

To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken);

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

To dispose of by sale

Give an incentive for action;

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

Serve as the inciting cause of;

The act or an instance of moving.

Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

A particular manner of moving

According to schedule or without delay;

A change of residence or location.

Characterized by speed and efficiency

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

Quick in apprehending or reacting;

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

Performed with little or no delay;

A participant's turn to make a play.

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

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

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

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

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

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

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

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

To apply to, as for aid.

To request an action from the court.

To bow or salute upon meeting.

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

The act of moving; a movement.

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

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

The event of changing one's residence.

A change in strategy.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

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 impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

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

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

To apply to, as for aid.

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

The act of moving; a movement.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

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

The act of deciding to do something;

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

The act of changing location from one place to another;

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Be in a state of action;

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Give an incentive for action;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Dispose of by selling;

Progress by being changed;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting