The Croatian language distinguishes three grammatical genders used to express nouns. In order to define the concepts of motion, motal word formation and motion pairs, the paper will first determine the meaning of gender and sex and the differences between these terms. Motion pairs are nouns expressed in the feminine and masculine gender. However, names for occupations are often expressed in only one (masculine) gender, and the dictionaries do not contain the feminine form. Throughout history, feminine titles for occupational terms did not even exist, considering their position in society and in the labor market. Social changes and the inclusion of women in the labor market are the cause of more frequent occurrences of female names for occupations in dictionaries. This paper examines the equality in presenting occupational terms in the School Dictionary of the Croatian language (Školski rječnik hrvatskoga jezika). It is checked whether occupational nouns are expressed equally with male and female motion counterparts. Observed imbalances in the formation of individual definitions in the dictionary entries are pointed out.