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Powered vs Driven - What's the difference?

powered | driven |

As adjectives the difference between powered and driven

is that powered is self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse while driven is obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

As verbs the difference between powered and driven

is that powered is past tense of power while driven is past participle of lang=en.

powered

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
  • * 2007 , John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
    • Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.

    Derived terms

    * battery-powered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (power)

    • driven

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  • (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.

    • Derived terms

    * demand-driven English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----