Drive vs. Draw — What's the Difference?

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Propel or carry along by force in a specified direction

Pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind

Urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction

Extract (an object) from a container or receptacle

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate

Take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle

A trip or journey in a car

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

An innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need

Be the cause of (a specified response)

An organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

The transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle

Finish (a contest or game) with an even score

(in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball

(in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.

An act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination

(of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in

To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward

(of a sail) be filled with wind

To repulse or put to flight by force or influence

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).

A game or contest that ends with the score even

To convey or transport in a vehicle

A person or thing that is very attractive or interesting

To traverse in a vehicle

An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar

To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function

An act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot

To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power

A shot causing the ball to deviate slightly

To compel or force to work, often excessively

To cause to move after or toward one by applying continuous force; drag

To force into or from a particular act or state

To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading

To force to go through or penetrate

To move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

To create or produce by penetrating forcibly

To cause to flow forth

To carry through vigorously to a conclusion

To suck or take in (air, for example); inhale.

(Sports) To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.

To require (a specified depth of water) for floating

(Basketball) To move with the ball directly through

To take or pull out

(Baseball) To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.

To extract or take for one's own use

(Football) To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.

To make (tea) by steeping.

To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.

To eviscerate; disembowel

To search (an area) for game in such a manner.

To cause to come by attracting; attract

To move along or advance quickly

To select or take in from a given group, type, or region

To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction

To bring to a certain condition or action; lead

To operate a vehicle, such as a car

To bring about deliberately; provoke

To go or be transported in a vehicle

To evoke as a response; elicit

(Sports) To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.

To earn; gain

(Basketball) To move directly to the basket with the ball.

To withdraw (money).

(Football) To advance the ball in plays from scrimmage.

To use (a check, for example) when paying.

To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.

To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time

The act of driving

To take or receive by chance

A trip or journey in a vehicle

To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack.

Abbr. Dr. A road for automobiles and other vehicles.

To force (a card) to be played.

The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.

To end or leave (a contest) tied or undecided.

The position or operating condition of such a mechanism

To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin.

The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway

To hit (a golf ball) with a draw.

The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile

To make tense or taut

(Computers) A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.

To pull back the string of (a bow).

A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose

To distort the shape of

Energy, push, or aggressiveness

To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping.

(Psychology) A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.

To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies.

A massive, sustained military offensive.

To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement.

(Sports) The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.

To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines

(Sports) The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven

To portray in writing or speech; depict with words

(Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled

To formulate or devise from evidence or data at hand

(Basketball) The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.

To compose or write out in legal format

(Football) A series of downs in which the ball is advanced by the offensive team.

To proceed or move steadily

A rounding up and driving of livestock to new pastures or to market.

To attract customers or spectators

A gathering and driving of logs down a river.

To pour forth liquid

The cattle or logs thus driven.

To cause suppuration.

Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.

To take in a draft of air

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

To steep in or as if in the manner of tea.

An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.

To pull out a weapon for use.

An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.

To use or call upon part of a fund or supply

(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

To contract or tighten

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

To conclude a contest without either side winning; tie

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

To make a likeness with lines on a surface; sketch.

A driveway.

An act of drawing.

A type of public roadway.

The result of drawing.

(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

Something drawn, especially a lot, card, or cards drawn at random.

(psychology) Desire or interest.

The arrangement of competitors in a tournament in which the matchups are made at random.

(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.

A matchup or opponent in such a tournament.

(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.

An inhalation, especially through a pipe or other smoking implement.

(golf) A stroke made with a driver.

One that attracts interest, customers, or spectators

A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

The movable part of a drawbridge.

(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.

A special advantage; an edge

(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.

A contest ending without either side winning.

(American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.

A small natural depression that water drains into; a shallow gully.

A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.

(Football) A play in which the quarterback drops back as if to pass and then runs or hands off to a running back.

(retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.

(Sports) A face-off.

(typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.

(Games) A draw shot.

A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

(Sports) A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf.

(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

To move or develop something.

(transitive) To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.

To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

To deduce or infer.

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.

To steep, leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

(transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.

To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

To take into the lungs; to inhale.

(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.

(used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.

(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.

To approach, come to, or arrive at a point in time or a process.

(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

(transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

To withdraw.

To operate (an aircraft).

(archaic) To draw up (a document).

(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

To exert or experience force.

(transitive) To compel (to do something).

(transitive) To drag, pull.

(transitive) To cause to become.

(intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.

To hit the ball with a drive.

To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).

(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.

(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

(archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.

(intransitive) To move forcefully.

(of curtains, etc.) To close.

(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).

(of curtains, etc.) To open.

(transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.

(cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.

(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.

(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.

(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

(American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.

(figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

(obsolete) To distrain for rent.

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

(transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.

To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.

To be the dominant party in a sex act. en

(intransitive) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.

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.

(analogous) To consume, for example, power.

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.

To change in size or shape.

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.

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.

To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.

To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

To attract or be attracted.

To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

To attract.

To pass away; - said of time.

To induce (a reticent person) to speak.

Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.

(hunting) To search for game.

To operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.

To cause.

To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.

To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.

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.

To disembowel.

To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; - usually with at.

To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).

To distrain for rent.

To choose by means of a random selection process.

To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.

To select by the drawing of lots.

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.

(transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.

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.

(poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.

A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.

(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.

The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; - distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

(cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.

A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

A private road; a driveway.

Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

A strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.

The act of drawing.

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.

(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).

An organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

A physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.

(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.

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.

(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

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.

A bag of cannabis.

The mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.

Cannabis.

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.

In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.

Driven.

(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.

The act of applying force to propel something;

(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;

(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.

A road leading up to a private house;

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

The trait of being highly motivated;

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;

To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.

The act of driving a herd of animals overland

To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;

To remove the contents of

A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.

A wide scenic road planted with trees;

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

Operate or control a vehicle;

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

Travel or be transported in a vehicle;

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

Cause someone or something to move by driving;

To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

Cause to move back by force or influence;

To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; - said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;

To withdraw.

Push, propel, or press with force;

To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.

Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;

To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;

To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.

Move into a desired direction of discourse;

To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.

Have certain properties when driven;

To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

Work as a driver;

To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

Move by being propelled by a force;

To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.

Urge forward;

To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

Proceed along in a vehicle;

To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

Strike with a driver, as in teeing off;

To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

Hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;

To become contracted; to shrink.

Excavate horizontally;

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; - with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.

Hunting: search for game;

To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

The act of drawing; draught.

A lot or chance to be drawn.

The act of drawing a lot or chance.

A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;

That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.

A gully that is shallower than a ravine

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;

Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;

A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack;

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;

The act of drawing or hauling something;

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Get or derive;

Make a mark or lines on a surface;

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;

Take liquid out of a container or well;

Give a description of;

Select or take in from a given group or region;

Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.;

Suck in or take (air);

Move or go steadily or gradually;

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

Choose at random;

In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;

Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition;

Cause to flow;

Write a legal document or paper;

Engage in drawing;

Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;

Allow a draft;

Require a specified depth for floating;

Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

Take in, also metaphorically;

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Thread on or as if on a string;

Pull back the sling of (a bow);

Guide or pass over something;

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;

Contract;

Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;

Steep; pass through a strainer;

Remove the entrails of;

Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;

Cause to localize at one point;