motive vs life

motive and life both are nouns.

motive is an adjective but life is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motive	Yes	Yes	No	No
life	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, life is a hyponym of motive; that is, life is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motive:

motive: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
life: a motive for living

Other hyponyms of motive include rational motive, irrational motive, impulse, urge, ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals, mental energy, psychic energy.

motive (noun)	life (noun)
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior	living things collectively
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration	animation and energy in action or expression
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music	the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
	an account of the series of events making up a person's life
	a motive for living
	a living person
	the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
	the condition of living or the state of being alive
	a characteristic state or mode of living
	the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
	the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
	the period between birth and the present time
	the period from the present until death
	a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

motive (adjective)	life (adjective)
causing or able to cause motion
impelling to action

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