different between motivation vs vexation

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 Middle English vexacioun, from Old French vexacion, from Latin vex?ti?; synchronically analyzable as vex +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?k?se???n/
• Hyphenation: vex?a?tion

Noun

vexation (countable and uncountable, plural vexations)

1. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
2. The state of being vexed or irritated.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55

     He gave the doctor a look of vexation. He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.

Related terms

• vex
• vexed
• vexing
• vexatious

Translations

Anagrams

• vanoxite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?k.sa.sj??/

Noun

vexation f (plural vexations)

1. insult
2. humiliation
3. harassment

Related terms

• vexant
• vexatoire
• vexer

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

vexation

1. Alternative form of vexacioun