Motivation vs. Motive
Difference Between Motivation and Motive
Motivationnoun
Willingness of action especially in behavior.
Motivenoun
(obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
Motivationnoun
The action of motivating.
Motivenoun
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Motivationnoun
Something which motivates.
Motivenoun
A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
Motivationnoun
An incentive or reason for doing something.
Motivenoun
(legal) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.Motivationnoun
(advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.Motivenoun
A motif.
Motivationnoun
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;
we did not understand his motivationhe acted with the best of motivesMotivenoun
(music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive.Motivationnoun
the condition of being motivated;
his motivation was at a high levelMotiveverb
(transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Motivationnoun
the act of motivating; providing incentive
Motiveadjective
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
a motive argumentmotive powerMotiveadjective
Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Motivenoun
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;
we did not understand his motivationhe acted with the best of motivesMotivenoun
a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
Motiveadjective
causing or able to cause motion;
a motive forcemotive powermotor energyMotiveadjective
impelling to action;
it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative functionmotive pleasmotivating arguments
