Fundraiser vs. Drive
Difference Between Fundraiser and Drive
Fundraisernoun
An event undertaken to get money by voluntary contributions for a particular activity, such as equipment for extracurricular sports programs, or to defray laboratory costs (salaries) for research of a cure for a particular disease.
This year's fundraiser will be a walkathon.Drivenoun
Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.Fundraisernoun
An individual who collects money from the public for some cause.
She works as fundraiser for the Democratic Party.Drivenoun
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
Fundraisernoun
someone who solicits financial contributions
Drivenoun
An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
Fundraisernoun
a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money
Drivenoun
(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.Drivenoun
A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
Some old model trains have clockwork drives.Drivenoun
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.Drivenoun
A driveway.
The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.Drivenoun
A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.Drivenoun
(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
Drivenoun
(psychology) Desire or interest.
Drivenoun
(computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
Drivenoun
(computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
Drivenoun
(golf) A stroke made with a driver.
Drivenoun
A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
Drivenoun
(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
Drivenoun
(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
Drivenoun
(American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
Drivenoun
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a whist drive; a beetle driveDrivenoun
(typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
Drivenoun
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Driveverb
(transitive) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
to drive sheep out of a fieldDriveverb
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
Driveverb
(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
Driveverb
(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.Driveverb
(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.Driveverb
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
drive a carDriveverb
(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?Driveverb
(transitive) To compel (to do something).
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.Driveverb
(transitive) To cause to become.
This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.You are driving me crazy!Driveverb
To hit the ball with a drive.
Driveverb
(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.Driveverb
(transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My wife drove me to the airport.Driveverb
(intransitive) To move forcefully.
Driveverb
(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
Driveverb
(transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
Driveverb
(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
Driveverb
(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
Driveverb
(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
Driveverb
(American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
Driveverb
(obsolete) To distrain for rent.
Driveverb
(transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
Driveverb
To be the dominant party in a sex act.
Drivenoun
the act of applying force to propel something;
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut offDrivenoun
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;
a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speedsDrivenoun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
he supported populist campaignsthey worked in the cause of world peacethe team was ready for a drive toward the pennantthe movement to end slaverycontributed to the war effortDrivenoun
a road leading up to a private house;
they parked in the drivewayDrivenoun
the trait of being highly motivated;
his drive and energy exhausted his co-workersDrivenoun
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;
he sliced his drive out of boundsDrivenoun
the act of driving a herd of animals overland
Drivenoun
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
he took the family for a drive in his new carDrivenoun
a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Drivenoun
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Drivenoun
a wide scenic road planted with trees;
the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic viewsDrivenoun
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Driveverb
operate or control a vehicle;
drive a car or busCan you drive this four-wheel truck?Driveverb
travel or be transported in a vehicle;
We drove to the university every morningThey motored to London for the theaterDriveverb
cause someone or something to move by driving;
She drove me to school every dayWe drove the car to the garageDriveverb
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
She rammed her mind into focusHe drives me madDriveverb
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;
She is driven by her passionDriveverb
cause to move back by force or influence;
repel the enemypush back the urge to smokebeat back the invadersDriveverb
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;
She finally drove him to change jobsDriveverb
push, propel, or press with force;
Drive a nail into the wallDriveverb
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
drive the ball far out into the fieldDriveverb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent livingWe have to push a little to make the deadline!She is driving away at her doctoral thesisDriveverb
move into a desired direction of discourse;
What are you driving at?Driveverb
have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothlyMy new truck drives wellDriveverb
work as a driver;
He drives a bread truckShe drives for the taxi company in NewarkDriveverb
move by being propelled by a force;
The car drove around the cornerDriveverb
urge forward;
drive the cows into the barnDriveverb
proceed along in a vehicle;
We drive the turnpike to workDriveverb
strike with a driver, as in teeing off;
drive a golfballDriveverb
hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;
drive a ballDriveverb
excavate horizontally;
drive a tunnelDriveverb
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;
The amplifier drives the tubesteam drives the enginesthis device drives the disks for the computerDriveverb
hunting: search for game;
drive the forestDriveverb
hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;
drive the game
