Drive
Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.
Embed
Embed verb - To set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter.
Usage example: the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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As of the 2000s, the small size of cellphone cameras and memory chips poked the manufacturers to embed them in most unlikely devices: a pen◊, an USB thumb drive, a coat button, even your dog's collar.
Source: Spy Cam
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Embed and Drive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/embed
Drive & Embed. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/embed>.
Embed or Drive. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/embed.
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