Motivation vs Habit - What's the difference?
motivation | habit |
Willingness of action especially in behavior
The action of motivating.
Something which motivates.
An incentive or reason for doing something.
(advertising) a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
An action done on a regular basis.
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, title= An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.
An addiction.
As nouns the difference between motivation and habit
is that motivation is (label) motivation while habit is habit.motivation
English
(wikipedia motivation)Noun
(en noun)- The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.
Derived terms
* intrinsic motivation * extrinsic motivationReferences
* (sense) The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005 ----habit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ; see have.Noun
(en noun)- a man of very shy, retired habits
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- Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .
- it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.