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What is the difference between activate and actuate?

activate | actuate |

Actuate is a synonym of activate.



As verbs the difference between activate and actuate

is that activate is to put into action, to put to work while actuate is to activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

activate

English

Verb

(activat)
  • To put into action, to put to work.
  • To turn on.
  • Synonyms

    * actuate

    Antonyms

    * deactivate

    actuate

    English

    Verb

    (actuat)
  • To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  • * Johnson
  • Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
  • To incite to action; to motivate.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 11.
  • A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
  • * Addison
  • Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.

    Derived terms

    * actuator

    See also

    * actualise, actualize ----