Motivation vs. Motive

The act or process of motivating

An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.

The state of being motivated; having a desire or willingness to act

(mōtĭv, mō-tēv) A motif in art, literature, or music.

Something that motivates; an inducement, reason, or goal

Causing or able to cause motion

Willingness of action especially in behavior.

Causing an action

The action of motivating.

(obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.

Something which motivates.

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.

An incentive or reason for doing something.

A limb or other bodily organ that can move.

(advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

The act or process of motivating.

A motif.

The mental process that arouses an organism to action; as, a large part of a teacher's job is to give students the motivation to learn on their own.

(music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.

The goal or mental image of a goal that creates a motivation{2}; as, the image of a peaceful world is a powerful motivation for only a rare few individuals.

(transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

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;

Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move

The condition of being motivated;

Relating to motion and/or to its cause

The act of motivating; providing incentive

That which moves; a mover.

That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object; motivation{2}.

The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading.

That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.

Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.

To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

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;

A theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

Causing or able to cause motion;

Impelling to action;