Motivated vs Initiative - What's the difference?
motivated | initiative |
(motivate)
Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
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A beginning; a first move.
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
The ability to act first or on one's own.
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
In which voter s can be brought to the ballot.
* John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions , , ISBN 9780230604452, page 122Â [http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative]:
As a verb motivated
is (motivate).As an adjective motivated
is enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.As a noun initiative is
.motivated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- We're looking for a highly motivated individual who will fit into our fast-paced corporate culture.
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- It seems reasonable to assume that academically able students are more motivated' toward academic activities than those less able, and that students from higher socioeconomic levels are more ' motivated toward school than those from lower socioeconomic levels.
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- In every instance, she has expressed enormous frustration with social loafers—virtual group members whose lackluster motivation leaves the bulk of group projects to members who are more motivated to excel.
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- As an athlete, you'll feel more motivated when you're confident in your skill set and believe in your ability to continue to improve.
initiative
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (issue to be voted on) direct initiativeDerived terms
* direct initiativeAdjective
(-)- The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.