different between motivation vs excitation

English

Etymology

From French motivation.Morphologically motivate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

motivation (plural motivations)

1. Willingness of action especially in behavior.
2. The action of motivating.
3. Something which motivates.
4. An incentive or reason for doing something.
5. (advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

   The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.

Derived terms

• intrinsic motivation
• extrinsic motivation

Translations

References

• (advertising, research rating that measures how a commercial affect consumer intention): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005

Danish

Etymology

From French motivation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /motivasjo?n/, [mot?iva??o??n]

Noun

motivation c (singular definite motivationen, plural indefinite motivationer)

1. motivation
2. incentive

Inflection

Synonyms

• motivering

Related terms

• motiv
• motivere
• motiveret

Further reading

• motivation on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

motiver +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ti.va.sj??/

Noun

motivation f (plural motivations)

1. motivation

Derived terms

• lettre de motivation

Further reading

• “motivation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

From French motivation.

Noun

motivation c

1. motivation; willingness of action

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French excitation, from Latin excitatio.Morphologically excite +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ksa??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

excitation (countable and uncountable, plural excitations)

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

1. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
2. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
3. (physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation

Derived terms

• excitation energy
• excitation function

Translations

Anagrams

• intoxicate

French

Pronunciation

Noun

excitation f (plural excitations)

1. excitement

Further reading

• “excitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).