Driving and Locomotive

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Driving adjective - Having the power of driving or impelling.

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Locomotive and driving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Locomotive" instead an adjective "Driving".

Nearby Words: drive, driven, driver

Locomotive adjective - Of or relating to locomotion.

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Driving and locomotive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Driving" instead an adjective "Locomotive".

Nearby Word: locomotion

It was the most powerful express steam locomotive ever built, but it carried only 40% of its weight on two mechanically independent sets of four driving wheels each.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Real Life
As all the wheels were driving wheels, the locomotive had a lot of tractive effort for its weight.

Source: Boring But Practical / Real Life
Pete's driving the train, which consists of a large diesel locomotive and several passenger cars.

Source: Chained to a Railway

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