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Willpower vs Motivation - What's the difference?

willpower | motivation |

As nouns the difference between willpower and motivation

is that willpower is the unwavering strength of will to carry out one’s wishes while motivation is (label) motivation.

willpower

English

(wikipedia willpower)

Alternative forms

* will power

Noun

(-)
  • The unwavering strength of will to carry out one’s wishes.
  • *

    • See also

    * self-control

    motivation

    English

    (wikipedia motivation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • 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 motivation

    References

    * (sense) The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005 ----