Ability and Drive

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Drive and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Ability and drive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

human	human ability	human drive
high	high ability	high drive
long	long ability	long drive
similar	similar ability	similar drive
Other adjectives: normal, specific, standard, single, strong, powerful, active, actual, increased, little, main, innate, new, final, primary, different, said, enhanced.

Bond Villain Stupidity: The Villain Balls start rolling beyond the story's ability to steer them or their ability to drive the story, leaving it behind.

Source: Anime / Speed Grapher
There is an oft-quoted analogy about how the ability to drive a car does not equate an ability to design and build a car, or even to fix one.

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Just as the ability to drive to work doesn't make you a car mechanic, the ability to speak a language doesn't mean you have any idea what's going on under the hood.

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