Compel vs Motivate - What's the difference?
compel | motivate |
(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (rfex)
To overpower; to subdue.
* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 16,
To force, constrain or coerce.
* 1600 , , Julius Caesar , act 5, sc. 1,
* Hallam
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
* Shakespeare
* 1912 , , Sky Island , ch. 14,
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
* Dryden
* Tennyson
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
* Spenser
To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
* The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
* He was motivated purely by self-interest.
* Steam motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
In transitive terms the difference between compel and motivate
is that compel is to exact, extort, (make) produce by force while motivate is to animate; to propel; to cause to take action.As verbs the difference between compel and motivate
is that compel is to drive together, round up while motivate is to provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.compel
English
Verb
- She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
- Logic compels''' the wise, while fools feel '''compelled by emotions.
- Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
- Wolsey compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
- Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
- The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.
- Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled .
- I compel all creatures to my will.
- in one troop compelled
- She had this knight from far compelled .
- (Chapman)