Drive and Instinct

Drive

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Instinct and drive are semantically related in desire topic. In some cases you can use "Instinct" instead a noun "Drive", when it comes to topics like impulse.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Instinct

Instinct noun - Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli.

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Synonyms for Instinct

Drive and instinct are semantically related in natural tendency topic. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Instinct".

Nearby Words: instinctive, instinctively, instinctual

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How words are described

similar	similar drive	similar instinct
standard	standard drive	standard instinct
single	single drive	single instinct
strong	strong drive	strong instinct
Other adjectives: powerful, male, big, increased, little, innate, next, enhanced.

Both words in one sentence

In Basic Instinct, Gus gets behind the wheel while he's hammered, even though his partner Nick offers to drive him home.

Source: Drunk Driver
Mitch from ParaNorman, who has a strong Big Brother Instinct towards his younger brother Neil, and who agrees to drive everyone to go look for Norman, apparently for no better reason than that Neil is worried about Norman.

Source: Lovable Jock

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