What is the difference between ambitious and driven?
ambitious | driven |
Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
* 1891 , , "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
Hard to achieve.
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Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
(of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.
As adjectives the difference between ambitious and driven
is that ambitious is possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction while driven is obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.As a verb driven is
past participle of lang=en.ambitious
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious , took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
Usage notes
* Said of people, projects, plans, goals, etc.Derived terms
* ambitiously * ambitiousness * overambitiousReferences
* * * * * "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
ambitious" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * "
ambitious" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary , (Oxford University Press, 2007)