Motivate vs Motivating - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between motivate and motivating

is that motivate is to provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage while motivating is .

effectively providing an incentive.

(motivat)

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.

* demotivate

(en adjective)

Effectively providing an incentive.

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