Simulate vs Motivate - What's the difference?
simulate | motivate |
To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
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.
As verbs the difference between simulate and motivate
is that simulate is to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of while motivate is to provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.As an adjective simulate
is (obsolete) feigned; pretended.simulate
English
Verb
(simulat)- We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.