Fundraiser vs. Drive

Fundraiser vs. Drive — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.
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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 drive

Drivenoun

(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 field

Driveverb

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 car

Driveverb

(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 off

Drivenoun

a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;

a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds

Drivenoun

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 effort

Drivenoun

a road leading up to a private house;

they parked in the driveway

Drivenoun

the trait of being highly motivated;

his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers

Drivenoun

hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;

he sliced his drive out of bounds

Drivenoun

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 car

Drivenoun

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 views

Drivenoun

(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 theater

Driveverb

cause someone or something to move by driving;

She drove me to school every dayWe drove the car to the garage

Driveverb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

She rammed her mind into focusHe drives me mad

Driveverb

to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;

She is driven by her passion

Driveverb

cause to move back by force or influence;

repel the enemypush back the urge to smokebeat back the invaders

Driveverb

compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;

She finally drove him to change jobs

Driveverb

push, propel, or press with force;

Drive a nail into the wall

Driveverb

cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;

drive the ball far out into the field

Driveverb

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 thesis

Driveverb

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 well

Driveverb

work as a driver;

He drives a bread truckShe drives for the taxi company in Newark

Driveverb

move by being propelled by a force;

The car drove around the corner

Driveverb

urge forward;

drive the cows into the barn

Driveverb

proceed along in a vehicle;

We drive the turnpike to work

Driveverb

strike with a driver, as in teeing off;

drive a golfball

Driveverb

hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;

drive a ball

Driveverb

excavate horizontally;

drive a tunnel

Driveverb

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 computer

Driveverb

hunting: search for game;

drive the forest

Driveverb

hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;

drive the game