driving vs impulsive

driving is a noun but impulsive is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
driving	Yes	Yes	No	No
impulsive	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, driving and impulsive are synonyms defined as:

driving (noun)	impulsive (noun)
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

driving (adjective)	impulsive (adjective)
having the power of driving or impelling	determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
acting with vigor	having the power of driving or impelling
	characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
	proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
	without forethought