different between driving vs powerful

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dr??v?ng, IPA^(key): /?d?a?v??/
• Rhymes: -a?v??

Etymology 1

From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English dr?fende, from Proto-Germanic *dr?bandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *dr?ban? (“to drive”), equivalent to drive +? -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.

Verb

driving

1. present participle of drive

Adjective

driving (comparative more driving, superlative most driving)

1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
2. (of wind, rain, etc): That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

Derived terms

• driving force
• driving notes
• driving power
• driving rain
• driving spirit
• driving wind

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English driving, drivinge, equivalent to drive +? -ing. Compare Dutch drijving, German Treibung.

Noun

driving (countable and uncountable, plural drivings)

1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
   • 1825, Cobbett's Political Register (volume 54, page 789)

     […] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]

2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• powreful, powrefull (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull, equivalent to power +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa??f?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pa??f?l/
• Hyphenation: pow?er?ful

Adjective

powerful (comparative more powerful or powerfuller or powerfuler, superlative most powerful or powerfullest or powerfulest)

1. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
2. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Synonyms

• mightful
• mighty
• powersome
• strengthful
• strong
• forceful

Antonyms

• powerless
• strengthless

Translations

See also

• strong

Adverb

powerful (comparative more powerful, superlative most powerful)

1. (Southern US) Synonym of very

Anagrams

• powreful