Drive and Knack

Drive

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Knack noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Drive and knack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Knack".

Nearby Words: knacker, knackery

human	human drive	human knack
old	old drive	old knack
short	short drive	short knack
complete	complete drive	complete knack
Other adjectives: strong, actual, constant, little, innate, new, major, final, instinctual.

Lucas (the Blue Ranger) explicitly has this as a knack: "Lucas can drive anything." However, he got into a little trouble when he was caught speeding and tried to show his 31st Century driver's license to a 21st Century cop.

Source: Universal Driver's License
The eponymous character, Horatio Hornblower, starts as an overaged midshipman at the start of the French Revolution, shy and awkward but with a knack for innovation and an inner drive that propels him to attempt improbable and daring feats.

Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower

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