Motive vs Motivation
What's the difference between motive and motivation?

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Hello Alessio,

The motives are the reasons that you have to perform a specific action, whereas the motivation is what drives you to want to do a certain action.

Regards,
Alfonso

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A motive is the reason that explains an action, while motivation is the emotional of a person at a particular time. Although motive has different meaning and we would need the context the word is used in to give a more specific answer.

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