Ride vs. Drive: Difference and Comparison
Edited by Muazma Batool — By Muneeza Rehman — Updated on September 28, 2023
To "ride" is to be carried or conveyed, often as a passenger, while to "drive" means to operate and control the direction of a vehicle.
Difference Between Ride and Drive
"Ride" evokes the sensation of movement and travel, often without personal control over the journey. Someone can ride a horse, a bike, or in a car, implying they're atop or within something in motion. The essence of the term leans more towards experiencing motion. For instance, when one mentions riding in a car, it typically means they're the passenger, not the one controlling the vehicle.
Muneeza Rehman
Sep 27, 2023
Contrastingly, "drive" implies control, direction, and agency. When someone drives, they take charge of a vehicle or animal, guiding it along a path or to a destination. Driving doesn't just involve motion; it involves decision-making, understanding the mechanics, and taking responsibility. So, if you drive a car, you're behind the wheel, making the decisions about speed, direction, and more.
Muazma Batool
Sep 27, 2023
It's fascinating to observe how these terms are used in different contexts. For instance, you'd ride an elevator, as you're not controlling its mechanism. On the other hand, you'd drive a point home, implying you're actively pushing an idea or perspective.
Muneeza Rehman
Sep 27, 2023
Furthermore, both words find metaphorical applications. We often hear of someone taking others for a ride, not in the literal sense, but indicating deception. Similarly, drive can indicate motivation or an internal push, as in, "What drives you to succeed?"
Elijah
Sep 27, 2023
Ride vs. Drive Comparison Chart
Example Usage
Riding a horse, bike, or elevator
Driving a car, agenda, or point home
Jonathan
Sep 27, 2023
Ride vs. Drive Definitions
◉Ride
To participate in a recreational activity on a vehicle.
The kids can't wait to ride the roller coaster.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
To motivate or push someone to act or feel a certain way.
Ambition drives her to work hard.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward
drove the horses into the corral.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To repulse or put to flight by force or influence
drove the attackers away.
drove out any thought of failure.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water
The President rode into office on a tide of discontent.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(Nautical) To lie at anchor
battleships riding at the mouth of the estuary.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function
Steam drives the engine.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be contingent; depend
The final outcome rides on the results of the election.
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◉Drive
To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power
"The current merger mania is apparently driven by an urge ... to reduce risk or to exploit opportunities in a very rapidly changing business environment" (Peter Passell).
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To compel or force to work, often excessively
"Every serious dancer is driven by notions of perfection—perfect expressiveness, perfect technique" (Susan Sontag).
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body
pants that ride up.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To force into or from a particular act or state
Indecision drives me crazy.
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◉Ride
To sit on and control the movement of
rode a motorcycle to town.
ride a horse to the village.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).
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◉Drive
To create or produce by penetrating forcibly
The nail drove a hole in the tire.
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◉Drive
To carry through vigorously to a conclusion
drove home his point.
drive a hard bargain.
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◉Drive
(Sports) To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.
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◉Drive
(Basketball) To move with the ball directly through
drove the lane and scored.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried
The police rode him down to the station.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(Baseball) To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.
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◉Ride
(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.
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◉Drive
(Football) To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.
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◉Drive
To move along or advance quickly
We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
Don't ride the clutch or the brakes.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction
The wind drove into my face.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To go or be transported in a vehicle
We all got in the car and drove to the supermarket.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
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◉Ride
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A trip or journey in a vehicle
It's a long drive to Eau Claire from here.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.
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◉Ride
(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
How many races have you ridden this year?
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
The position or operating condition of such a mechanism
"He put his car into drive and started home" (Charles Baxter).
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway
four-wheel drive.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile
right-hand drive.
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◉Drive
(Computers) A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.
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◉Ride
(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose
a drive to finish the project before the deadline.
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◉Ride
(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
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◉Drive
(Psychology) A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.
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◉Ride
(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
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◉Drive
(Sports) The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.
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◉Ride
(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
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◉Drive
(Sports) The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven
an awkward drive on the first tee that sent the ball into the woods.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
vocal riding
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled
The goalie stopped a hard drive in the opening minute.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(Basketball) The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.
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◉Ride
An instance of riding.
Can I have a ride on your bike?
We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.
go for a quick ride
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(Football) A series of downs in which the ball is advanced by the offensive team.
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◉Ride
(informal) A vehicle.
That's a nice ride; what did it cost?
pimp my ride
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A rounding up and driving of livestock to new pastures or to market.
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◉Ride
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
the kids went on all the rides
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Can you give me a ride home?
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
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◉Drive
An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
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◉Ride
A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
That story was a ride from start to finish.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse
I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
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
front-wheel drive
Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.
Muneeza Rehman
May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletreeOn which heaven rides.
On whose foolish honestyMy practices ride easy!
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
"Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
floppy drive
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the airIn whirlwind.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can rideMine errands on the Scottish side.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(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.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a whist drive
a beetle drive
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
he took the family for a drive in his new car
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
vaccination drive
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;
She never sat a horse!
Did you ever ride a camel?
The girl liked to drive the young mare
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle;
I ride to work in a bus
He rides the subway downtown every day
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
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.
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◉Ride
be sustained or supported or borne;
His glasses rode high on his nose
The child rode on his mother's hips
She rode a wave of popularity
The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(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
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
be contingent on;
The outcomes rides on the results of the electin
Your grade will depends on your homework
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
sit on and control a vehicle;
He rides his bicycle to work every day
She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.
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◉Ride
climb up on the body;
Shorts that ride up
This skirt keeps riding up my legs
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
drive a car
This SUV drives like a car.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
ride over, along, or through;
Travel the highways of America
Ride the freeways of California
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot;
Don't ride the clutch!
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?
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◉Drive
(transitive) To compel (to do something).
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To sit on and be carried along by an animal or vehicle.
She loves to ride her bicycle around the park.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To cause to become.
This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.
You are driving me crazy!
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be conveyed or carried by a mode of transportation.
He decided to ride the train to work.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Ride
To move passively on a medium or surface.
The surfers ride the waves with great skill.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.
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May 03, 2023
◉Ride
To be sustained or supported by.
His reputation rides on the success of this project.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My cousin drove me to the airport.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
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◉Drive
(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
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◉Drive
(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
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◉Drive
(American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
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◉Drive
(transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.
Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.
How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.
He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
The trade of life can not be driven without partners.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To drive the country, force the swains away.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
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◉Drive
to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
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◉Drive
To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
Time driveth onward fast,And in a little while our lips are dumb.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; - usually with at.
Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive{9} a vehicle from one location to another.
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◉Drive
In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.
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◉Drive
A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
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◉Drive
The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; - distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
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◉Drive
A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
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◉Drive
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
The Murdstonian drive in business.
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◉Drive
In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
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◉Drive
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
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◉Drive
a device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape drive, a CD drive, etc.
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◉Drive
an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
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◉Drive
a physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
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◉Drive
the period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield.
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◉Drive
an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country.
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◉Drive
the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.
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◉Drive
the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc.
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◉Drive
the act of applying force to propel something;
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
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◉Drive
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;
a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
he supported populist campaigns
they worked in the cause of world peace
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
the movement to end slavery
contributed to the war effort
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◉Drive
the trait of being highly motivated;
his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
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◉Drive
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;
he sliced his drive out of bounds
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◉Drive
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
he took the family for a drive in his new car
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◉Drive
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
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◉Drive
a wide scenic road planted with trees;
the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
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◉Drive
operate or control a vehicle;
drive a car or bus
Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
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May 03, 2023
◉Drive
travel or be transported in a vehicle;
We drove to the university every morning
They motored to London for the theater
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◉Drive
cause someone or something to move by driving;
She drove me to school every day
We drove the car to the garage
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◉Drive
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad
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◉Drive
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;
She is driven by her passion
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◉Drive
cause to move back by force or influence;
repel the enemy
push back the urge to smoke
beat back the invaders
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◉Drive
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;
She finally drove him to change jobs
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◉Drive
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
drive the ball far out into the field
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◉Drive
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
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◉Drive
have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well
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◉Drive
work as a driver;
He drives a bread truck
She drives for the taxi company in Newark
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◉Drive
hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;
drive a ball
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◉Drive
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;
The amplifier drives the tube
steam drives the engines
this device drives the disks for the computer
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◉Drive
To operate and steer a vehicle or machinery.
She learned to drive a car at sixteen.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
To push, propel, or force into a particular direction.
The shepherd drives the sheep to the pasture.
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Sep 27, 2023
◉Drive
To cause something to penetrate or embed.
Drive the nail into the wall.
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Ride vs. Drive Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ride" be used metaphorically?
Yes, it can signify experiencing something, like "riding a wave of success."
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Sep 27, 2023
Is drive always about vehicles?
No, it can also relate to motivation, like what "drives" someone to achieve.
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Sep 27, 2023
Is it correct to say "ride a car"?
While technically possible, it's more common to say "ride in a car" as a passenger and "drive a car" as the operator.
Elijah
Sep 27, 2023
If I'm in the driver's seat, am I riding or driving?
You are driving since you're controlling and operating the vehicle.
Muazma Batool
Sep 27, 2023
Can you drive a point?
Yes, metaphorically, it means to emphasize or make a point clear.
Leo
Sep 27, 2023
What does it mean to ride a bike?
It means to sit on and pedal the bike, being carried along by its motion.
Muneeza Rehman
Sep 27, 2023
In which situations would I use ride instead of drive?
You'd use "ride" when you're a passenger or when you're on something in motion without actively controlling it.
Nolan
Sep 27, 2023
What's the difference between a test ride and a test drive?
A test ride usually implies you're the passenger or trying out something like a bike, while a test drive means you're operating a vehicle yourself.
Kaitlyn
Sep 27, 2023
If I'm guiding a horse, am I riding or driving it?
If you're atop the horse, you're riding it. If you're leading it from the ground, especially in the context of a carriage, you're driving it.
Nolan
Sep 27, 2023
How do the terms relate to control?
Ride typically indicates less control over the journey, while drive suggests active operation and direction.
Kaitlyn
Sep 27, 2023
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