The difference between Attack and Drive

When used as nouns, attack means an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy, whereas drive means motivation to do or achieve something.

When used as verbs, attack means to apply violent force to someone or something, whereas drive means to impel or urge onward by force.

check bellow for the other definitions of Attack and Drive

  1. Attack as a noun:

    An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.

  2. Attack as a noun:

    An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

    Examples:

    "They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech."

  3. Attack as a noun:

    A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.

    Examples:

    "The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations."

  4. Attack as a noun (informal, by extension):

    The beginning of active operations on anything.

    Examples:

    "Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."

  5. Attack as a noun (cricket):

    Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

  6. Attack as a noun (volleyball):

    Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: hit spike"

  7. Attack as a noun (lacrosse):

    The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

  8. Attack as a noun (medicine):

    The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

    Examples:

    "I've had an attack of the flu."

  9. Attack as a noun:

    An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

  10. Attack as a noun (music):

    The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

    Examples:

    "ant decay release"

  11. Attack as a noun (audio):

    The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

  1. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To apply violent force to someone or something.

    Examples:

    "This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."

  2. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).

    Examples:

    "She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."

  3. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

  4. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

    Examples:

    "We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework."

    "I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite."

  5. Attack as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To aim balls at the batsman's wicket.

  6. Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

  7. Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

  8. Attack as a verb (soccer):

    To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

  9. Attack as a verb (cycling):

    To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

  1. Drive as a noun:

    Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.

    Examples:

    "Crassus had [[wealth]] and [[wit]], but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again."

  2. Drive as a noun:

    Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

  3. Drive as a noun:

    An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.

  4. Drive as a noun (military):

    A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

    Examples:

    "Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as [[determined]] as it was [[disastrous]]."

  5. Drive as a noun:

    A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.

    Examples:

    "Some old model trains have clockwork drives."

  6. Drive as a noun:

    A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

    Examples:

    "It was a long drive."

  7. Drive as a noun:

    A driveway.

    Examples:

    "The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive."

  8. Drive as a noun:

    A type of public roadway.

    Examples:

    "Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive."

  9. Drive as a noun (dated):

    A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

  10. Drive as a noun (psychology):

    Desire or interest.

  11. Drive as a noun (computing):

    An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.

  12. Drive as a noun (computing):

    A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.

  13. Drive as a noun (golf):

    A stroke made with a driver.

  14. Drive as a noun (baseball, tennis):

    A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

  15. Drive as a noun (cricket):

    A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.

  16. Drive as a noun (soccer):

    A straight level shot or pass.

  17. Drive as a noun (American football):

    An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.

  18. Drive as a noun:

    A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.

    Examples:

    "a whist drive; a beetle drive"

  19. Drive as a noun (typography):

    An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.

  20. Drive as a noun:

    A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

  1. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

    Examples:

    "to drive sheep out of a field"

  2. Drive as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

  3. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To cause animals to flee out of.

    Examples:

    "rfex the example is not exactly about an action described by the definition. the example is about driving brambles, not about driving animals. The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures."

  4. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To move (something) by hitting it with great force.

    Examples:

    "You drive nails into wood with a hammer."

  5. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

    Examples:

    "The pistons drive the crankshaft."

  6. Drive as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

    Examples:

    "'drive a car"

  7. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

    Examples:

    "What drives a person to run a marathon?"

  8. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To compel (to do something).

    Examples:

    "Their debts finally drove them to sell the business."

  9. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become.

    Examples:

    "This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity. You are driving me crazy!"

  10. Drive as a verb (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball):

    To hit the ball with a drive.

  11. Drive as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    Examples:

    "I drive to work every day."

  12. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    Examples:

    "My wife drove me to the airport."

  13. Drive as a verb (intransitive):

    To move forcefully.

  14. Drive as a verb (intransitive):

    To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).

  15. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.

  16. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  17. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

  18. Drive as a verb (mining):

    To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tomlinson"

  19. Drive as a verb (American football):

    To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.

  20. Drive as a verb (obsolete):

    To distrain for rent.

  21. Drive as a verb (transitive):

    To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.

  22. Drive as a verb:

    To be the dominant party in a sex act.

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