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Causation vs Motivation - What's the difference?

causation | motivation |

As nouns the difference between causation and motivation

is that causation is the act of causing while motivation is (label) motivation.

causation

English

Noun

  • The act of causing.
  • The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
  • * Whewell
    • the kind of causation by which vision is produced

    Derived terms

    * causational

    External links

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    motivation

    English

    (wikipedia motivation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Willingness of action especially in behavior
  • The action of motivating.
  • Something which motivates.
  • An incentive or reason for doing something.
  • (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.

    Derived terms

    * intrinsic motivation * extrinsic motivation

    References

    * (sense) The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005 ----