Motif vs Motia - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between motif and motia

is that motif is a recurring or dominant element; a theme while motia is jasmine (the flower).

(en noun)

A recurring or dominant element; a theme.

See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?

(music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design

(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.

A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.

(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.