different between handle vs drive
handle
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?hæn.dl?/
- Hyphenation: han?dle
- Rhymes: -ænd?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English handel, handle, from Old English handle (“a handle”), from handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”). See verb below. Cognate with Danish handel (“a handle”).
Noun
handle (plural handles)
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- They overturned him to all his interests by the sure but fatal handle of his own good nature.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and middy for other regional variations.)
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.)
- 2014, Ray Stoeser, Josh Cuffe, Bury My Body Down By the Highway Side, page 83:
- Josh bought a fifth of Evan Williams for Andrew as a token of gratitude and Ray, because of the financial constraints, purchased the cheapest handle of whiskey he could find: Heaven Hill.
- 2014, Ray Stoeser, Josh Cuffe, Bury My Body Down By the Highway Side, page 83:
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
Hyponyms
- (part of an object held in the hand when used or moved): bail (bucket, kettle, pitcher), haft (tool, weapon), hilt (sword), knob, stail (tool), stilt (plough)
Derived terms
Related terms
- give a handle
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (handoru)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *handl?n? (“to take, grip, feel”), equivalent to hand +? -le. Cognate with West Frisian hanneljen, hanljen (“to handle, treat”), Dutch handelen (“to handle, deal, act, negotiate”), German handeln (“to act, trade, negotiate, behave”), Swedish handla (“to buy, trade, deal”), Icelandic höndla (“to handle”).
Verb
handle (third-person singular simple present handles, present participle handling, simple past and past participle handled)
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- Happy, ye leaves! when as those lilly hands [...] Shall handle you.
- Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- 1679, William Temple, An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland.
- The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts for at least six months every year.
- 1679, William Temple, An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland.
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- 1976, Mel Hallin Bolster, Crazy Snake and the Smoked Meat Rebellion, page 66
- Light on his feet for a big man, he handled the rifle like a pistol.
- 1976, Mel Hallin Bolster, Crazy Snake and the Smoked Meat Rebellion, page 66
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
- We will handle what persons are apt to envy others...
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- 2014, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban ?ISBN:
- For example, a program that loads data from a file needs to handle the case where that file is not found.
- 2014, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban ?ISBN:
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- hand
Translations
Anagrams
- Dahlen, Handel
Alemannic German
Verb
handle
- (Uri) to stroke the teats of a dairy cow until they fill with milk
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse handla, h?ndla, from h?nd (“hand”). In the sense trade influenced by from Middle Low German handelen and German handeln.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hanl?/, [?hanl?]
Verb
handle (imperative handl, infinitive at handle, present tense handler, past tense handlede, perfect tense har handlet)
- act (to do something)
- trade, shop
German
Verb
handle
- inflection of handeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse handla and German handeln
Pronunciation
Verb
handle (imperative handl or handle, present tense handler, passive handles, simple past and past participle handla or handlet, present participle handlende)
- to act (do something)
- to deal, trade, to do business
- to shop (visit shops)
Derived terms
- forhandle
- handletur
- handling
References
- “handle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- handla
Etymology
From Old Norse handla and German handeln
Verb
handle (present tense handlar, past tense handla, past participle handla, passive infinitive handlast, present participle handlande, imperative handl)
- to act (do something)
- to deal, trade, to do business
- to shop (visit shops)
Derived terms
- forhandle
- handletur
- handling
References
- “handle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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drive
English
Alternative forms
- (type of public roadway): Dr. (when part of a specific street’s name)
Etymology
From Middle English driven, from Old English dr?fan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *dr?ban, from Proto-Germanic *dr?ban? (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reyb?- (“to drive, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“support, hold”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?v, IPA(key): /d?a?v/
- IPA(key): [d??? ??a?v]
- Rhymes: -a?v
Noun
drive (countable and uncountable, plural drives)
- Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- 1881, Matthew Arnold, The Incompatibles
- The Murdstonian drive in business.
- 1881, Matthew Arnold, The Incompatibles
- An act of driving animals forward, as to be captured, hunted etc.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, page 79:
- Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, page 79:
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- a typical steam drive, a nuclear drive; chain drive, gear drive; all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, left-hand drive
- 2001, Michael Hereward Westbrook, The Electric Car, IET (?ISBN), page 146:
- Heat engine-electric hybrid vehicles : The hybrid vehicle on which most development work has been done to date is the one that couples a heat engine with an electric drive system. The objective remains the same as it was in 1900:
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
- We merely waited to rouse good Mrs. Vesey from the place which she still occupied at the deserted luncheon-table, before we entered the open carriage for our promised drive.
- 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
- A driveway.
- A type of public roadway.
- (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- 1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe it, You Saw It In Sweeps", SFGate [1]
- On the latter show, former Playboy Playmate Carrie Westcott said she'd never met a man who could match her sexual drive.
- 1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe it, You Saw It In Sweeps", SFGate [1]
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
- (computer hardware) 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.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- (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.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- a whist drive; a beetle drive
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Usage notes
- In connection with a mass-storage device, originally the word “drive” referred solely to the reading and writing mechanism. For the storage device itself, the word “disk” was used instead. This remains a valid distinction for components such as floppy drives or CD drives, in which the drive and the disk are separate and independent items. For other devices, such as hard disks and flash drives, the reading, writing and storage components are combined into an integrated whole, and cannot be separated without destroying the device. In these cases, the words “disk” and “drive” are used interchangeably.
Synonyms
- (self-motivation): ambition, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go, motivation, self-motivation, verve
- (sustained advance in the face of the enemy): attack, push
- (mechanism used to power a vehicle): engine, mechanism, motor
- (trip made in a motor vehicle): ride, spin, trip
- (driveway): approach, driveway
- (public roadway): avenue, boulevard, road, street
- (psychology: desire, interest): desire, impetus, impulse, urge
- (computing: mass-storage device): disk drive
- (golf term):
- (baseball term): line drive
- (cricket term):
Antonyms
- (self-motivation): inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drive (third-person singular simple present drives, present participle driving, simple past drove or (archaic) drave or (dialectal) driv, past participle driven or (dialectal) druv)
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 7,[2]
- One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail;
- Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 7,[2]
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], Oxford: Clarendon, Volume I, Book 4, p. 247,[3]
- […] Demosthenes desired them first to put in at Pylos and not to proceed on their voyage until they had done what he wanted. They objected, but it so happened that a storm came on and drove them into Pylos.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], Oxford: Clarendon, Volume I, Book 4, p. 247,[3]
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 6,[4]
- There is a litter ready; lay him in’t
- And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet
- Both welcome and protection.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 6,[4]
- (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (transitive) To compel (to do something).
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Maud, XXV, 1. in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 90,[5]
- And then to hear a dead man chatter
- Is enough to drive one mad.
- 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Maud, XXV, 1. in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 90,[5]
- (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Chapter 2,[6]
- […] Unequal match’d,
- Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide;
- 1697, John Dryden (translator), The Aeneid, Book I, lines 146-148, in The Works of Virgil, Volume 2, London: J. Tonson, 1709, 3rd edition, pp. 306-307,[7]
- Thus while the Pious Prince his Fate bewails,
- Fierce Boreas drove against his flying Sails.
- And rent the Sheets […]
- 1833, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters” in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 113,[8]
- Time driveth onward fast,
- And in a little while our lips are dumb.
- 1855, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume I, Chapter 1, p. 7,[9]
- Charles, ill in body and mind, and glad to escape from his enemies under cover of the night and a driving tempest, was at length compelled to sign the treaty of Passau […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Chapter 2,[6]
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Act III, Prologue,[10]
- […] as a duck for life that dives,
- So up and down the poor ship drives:
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 12,[11]
- […] the Captain […] order’d the Cable to be cut, and let the Ship drive nearer the Land, where she soon beat to pieces:
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Act III, Prologue,[10]
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Chapter 19, p. 186,[12]
- He driuen to dismount, threatned, if I did not the like, to doo as much for my horse, as Fortune had done for his.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 4,[13]
- But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
- Environ you, till mischief and despair
- Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!
- 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Chapter 19, p. 186,[12]
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- 1694, Jeremy Collier, Miscellanies in Five Essays, London: Sam. Keeble & Jo. Hindmarsh, “Of General Kindness,” p. 69,[14]
- You know the Trade of Life can’t be driven without Partners; there is a reciprocal Dependance between the Greatest and the Least.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- 1694, Jeremy Collier, Miscellanies in Five Essays, London: Sam. Keeble & Jo. Hindmarsh, “Of General Kindness,” p. 69,[14]
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- 1697, John Dryden (translator), The Aeneid, Book I, lines 744-745, in The Works of Virgil, Volume 2, London: J. Tonson, 1709, 3rd edition, p. 328,[15]
- We come not with design of wastful Prey,
- To drive the Country, force the Swains away:
- 1697, John Dryden (translator), The Aeneid, Book I, lines 744-745, in The Works of Virgil, Volume 2, London: J. Tonson, 1709, 3rd edition, p. 328,[15]
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
- If the miners find no ore, they drive or cut a gallery from the pit a short distance at right angles to the direction of the lodes found
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (herd (animals) in a particular direction): herd
- (cause animals to flee out of):
- (move something by hitting it with great force): force, push
- (cause (a mechanism) to operate): move, operate
- (operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)):
- (motivate, provide an incentive for): impel, incentivise/incentivize, motivate, push, urge
- (compel): compel, force, oblige, push, require
- (cause to become): make, send, render
- (travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle): motorvate
- (convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle): take
Hyponyms
- test-drive
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Verdi, deriv., diver, rived, vired
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *dr?ban?, cognate with Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dri?v?/, [?d??i???], [?d??i??]
Verb
drive (past tense drev, past participle drevet, attributive common dreven, attributive definite and plural drevne)
- (transitive) to force, drive, impel (to put in motion)
- (transitive) to run (a business)
- (transitive) to engage in, carry on (an activity or an interest)
- (transitive) to power (to give power to)
- (intransitive) to drift, float (to move slowly)
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “drive,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norse drífa f, derived form the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dri?v?/, [?d??i???], [?d??i??]
Noun
drive c (singular definite driven, plural indefinite driver)
- drift (a pile of snow)
Inflection
Derived terms
- snedrive
References
- “drive,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
From English drive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drajv/, [?d???j?]
Noun
drive c (singular definite driven, not used in plural form)
- (psychology) drive (desire or interest, self-motivation)
Inflection
Noun
drive n (singular definite drivet, plural indefinite drives)
- (golf) drive (stroke made with a driver)
Inflection
References
- “drive,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: drivent, drives
Verb
drive
- first-person singular present indicative of driver
- third-person singular present indicative of driver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of driver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of driver
- second-person singular imperative of driver
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *dr?ban?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?reyb?- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.
Verb
drive (imperative driv, present tense driver, passive drives, simple past drev or dreiv, past participle drevet, present tense drivende)
- to move; turn
- to pursue
- to deviate
- to float; drift
- to operate; run
- to follow
- to drive, propel
Derived terms
References
- “drive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
drive (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv)
- Alternative form of driva
Derived terms
- drivverdig
- fordrive
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English drive.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d?ajv/, /?d?aj.vi/
Noun
drive m (Brazil) or f (Portugal) (plural drives)
- (computer hardware) drive (a mass-storage device)
Scots
Etymology
Derived from the verb, from Old English dr?fan.
Noun
drive (plural drives)
- a drive
- a forceful blow, a swipe
Verb
drive (third-person singular present drives, present participle drivin, past drave, past participle driven)
- to drive
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