Motivate vs Trigger - What's the difference?
motivate | trigger |
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.
A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
(psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
(electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
(computing) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
(online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
(archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
to fire a weapon
to initiate something
to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
In transitive terms the difference between motivate and trigger
is that motivate is to animate; to propel; to cause to take action while trigger is to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone.As a noun trigger is
a finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.motivate
English
Verb
(motivat)Antonyms
* demotivatetrigger
English
Noun
(en noun)- Just pull the trigger .
Derived terms
* trigger-happy * trigger point * trigger warningVerb
(en verb)- This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.