Impel vs Activate - What's the difference?
impel | activate | Related terms |
To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).
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, chapter=2 To drive forward; to propel an object.
To put into action, to put to work.
To turn on.
Impel is a related term of activate.
As verbs the difference between impel and activate
is that impel is to urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically) while activate is to put into action, to put to work.impel
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