different between energetic vs driving

English

Alternative forms

• energetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin energeticus (16th c.), or its source, Ancient Greek ??????????? (energ?tikós), from ??????? (energé?, “to be active”), from ??????? (energós, “active”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??d??t?k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n??d??t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k
• Hyphenation: en?er?get?ic

Adjective

energetic (comparative more energetic, superlative most energetic)

1. (sciences) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]
2. Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous. [from 18th c.]
3. (obsolete) Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent. [17th–20th c.]

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "energetic" is often applied: person, man, woman, child, life, material, particle, ion, healing, anatomy, etc.
• Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".

Derived terms

Related terms

• energetical

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French énergétique.

Adjective

energetic m or n (feminine singular energetic?, masculine plural energetici, feminine and neuter plural energetice)

1. energetic

Declension

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

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