What's the difference between actuate and drive?

Actuate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
  • (v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.
  • (a.) Put in action; actuated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Active filling (-10 mmHg) inside inner blood sacs was produced by the suction effects of the outer sacs attached to a moving actuator.
  • (2) A model for each actuator was formulated to compute its isometric force-length relation.
  • (3) In the past Tularemia has largely affected animals, nowadays' in our country it could become actual one more because of wild animals repopulation actuated in many areas.
  • (4) The basic concept of this artificial heart is that the blood pumps are implanted in the thorax and an actuator is placed separately in the abdominal region.
  • (5) Many problems remain with actuation, energy conversion, percutaneous leads, compliance devices and biomaterials.
  • (6) Dynamic fractionation of the output from pressurized aerosols using a four-stage liquid impinger showed that the respirable fraction (as measured by the percentage of emitted droplets with aerodynamic diameters less than 5.5 microns) was highly dependent on SPC concentration and R. A significant correlation between RF and actuator score, based on orifice diameter and length, was also found and confirmed that the highest RF values were achieved with the systems of lowest SPC and water concentrations sprayed through an actuator with the smallest and shortest orifice dimensions.
  • (7) The system consists of a) single carcinogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine (DEN), b) short-term dietary exposure to 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) sufficient to suppress growth of virtually all normal hepatocytes, and c) partial hepatectomy (PH) to actuate rapid growth of DEN-altered hepatocytes not suppressed by 2-AAF.
  • (8) After a review of the properties of muscle and tendon, their integrated ability to generate force statically and dynamically is studied by formulating a generic model of the "musculotendon actuator", which has only one parameter, the ratio of tendon length at rest to muscle fiber length at rest.
  • (9) In the second series of experiments, the rats had access to the lever which actuated a fan that drew cool outside air into the chamber.
  • (10) One hundred and fifty one (97%) were able to actuate the inhaler on their first (146) or second (5) attempt.
  • (11) Oxyphenisatin was found to be a selective actuator of a form of progressive mass propulsion indistinguishable from spontaneous mass peristalsis.
  • (12) Equilibrium control of binding implies that critical site occupancy will be proportional to the relative concentrations of "D" and "G" actuating proteins in the nuclear fluid.
  • (13) Substance is given to the need for introduction into the system of the apparatus for assisted circulation of sand-by actuating mechanisms for secure a purposeful influence on the physiological parameters of the organism.
  • (14) We postulate that signal reception occurs as a result of competition between different actuating proteins for equilibrium-controlled binding to critical DNA sites.
  • (15) This system consists of a flexible rod, sheath, crank, and cam to transmit the muscle power to a pusher plate pump and actuate it.
  • (16) The particular application to prosthetic ventricle design should minimize the number of in vivo experiments required to develop a satisfactory blood pump and aid in tailoring pump actuation protocols for minimum thromboembolic complications.
  • (17) Increasing baffle size resulted in increased retention in the actuator.
  • (18) This controller design is based on the physical models of the actuator and blood pump system.
  • (19) The properties of the afferent fibres from the capsule of the hip joint have been studied in the cat in situ, in relations to joint rotation, and in an isolated capsule preparation which was opened and stretched directly with an actuator.
  • (20) The efficacy and safety of cromolyn sodium by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) (1 mg per actuation) was evaluated with a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-study design.

Drive


Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
  • (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
  • (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
  • (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time.
  • (v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
  • (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
  • (v. i.) To distrain for rent.
  • (p. p.) Driven.
  • (n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
  • (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
  • (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
  • (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
  • (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The hemodynamic efficiency of the drive was tested in a number of in vivo experiments.
  • (2) John Lewis’s marketing, advertising and reputation are all built on their promises of good customer services, and it is a large part of what still drives people to their stores despite cheaper online outlets.
  • (3) This force will be numerically similar to the net driving Starling force in small pores, but distinctly different in large pores.
  • (4) Liu was a driving force behind the modernisation of China's rail system, a project that included building 10,000 miles of high-speed rail track by 2020 – with a budget of £170bn, one of the most expensive engineering feats in recent history.
  • (5) I am rooting hard for you.” Ronald Reagan simply told his former vice-president Bush: “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” By 10.30am Michelle Obama and Melania Trump will join the outgoing and incoming presidents in a presidential limousine to drive to the Capitol.
  • (6) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
  • (7) After all, you can only drive one car at a time or go on one holiday at a time.
  • (8) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
  • (9) Analysis of caloric components (fat, protein and carbohydrates) reveals that carbohydrates are the most important factor driving the total energy effect.
  • (10) The solution of these differential equations gives the velocity of the basilar membrane and hence other related quantities, e.g., displacement, pressure, driving-point impedance at the stapes.
  • (11) The statistics underline the significant strides being taken by the industry to meet a government drive to reduce Britain's carbon emissions, although the scale of renewable energy subsidies remains controversial.
  • (12) However, because my film was dominated by a piano, I didn't want the driving-strings sound he'd used for Greenaway.
  • (13) said Wanis Kilani, a uniformed rebel driving a pickup truck with a machine-gun mounted on the back.
  • (14) But Steven Brounstein, a lawyer for one of the officers, said: 'For the DA to be equating this case to a drive-by shooting is absurd.
  • (15) "But it is necessary to collect tax that is owed and it is necessary to reduce tax avoidance and the crown dependencies and the overseas territories need to play their part in that drive and they need to do more."
  • (16) However, there are conflicting views as to the way these patients drive.
  • (17) "We see him driving around, but he keeps to himself and we're quite close neighbours," said Libbi Darroch, as she groomed her 7-year-old showjumper Muffy at the Coatesville pony club.
  • (18) The best was the oral version of the Symbol Digit Modalities test, which by itself accounted for 70% of the variance of the full-sized-vehicle driving score.
  • (19) Mild amelioration of sleep-wakefulness cycles and impulse and drive functions could be observed clinically in both groups.
  • (20) He unleashes a scorching drive from about 18 yards, which Joe Hart tips wide via his right post.