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Locomotion vs Navigation - What's the difference?

locomotion | navigation |

As nouns the difference between locomotion and navigation

is that locomotion is the ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so while navigation is navigation (theory and practice of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship).

locomotion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  • (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.

    • Derived terms

    * locomotive * locomotor ----

    navigation

    English

    (wikipedia navigation)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship
  • (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping
  • (countable) A canal