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Driving vs Operating - What's the difference?

driving | operating |

As verbs the difference between driving and operating

is that driving is while operating is .

As adjectives the difference between driving and operating

is that driving is that drives (a mechanism or process) while operating is in operation.

As a noun driving

is the action of the verb to drive in any sense.

driving

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That drives (a mechanism or process).
  • That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

    • Derived terms

    * driving force * driving notes * driving power * driving rain * driving spirit * driving wind

    Noun

    (wikipedia driving)
  • The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
  • In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
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    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving , the world is teeming with goblins.}}

    Derived terms

    * driving-box * driving-gear * driving iron, driving-iron * driving licence * driving mirror * driving-putter * driving school * driving seat * driving-stick * driving test * driving-wheel * drunk driving

    operating

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • in operation
  • that operates
  • involved in an operation

    • Derived terms

    *operating room *operating system

    Verb

    (head)