Motor and Motive

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Motor adjective - Causing or able to cause motion.

Usage example: motor energy

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Motive is a synonym for motor. In some cases you can use "Motive" instead an adjective "Motor".

Motive adjective - Causing or able to cause motion.

Usage example: motive power

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Motor is a synonym for motive in kinetic topic. You can use "Motor" instead an adjective "Motive".

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