Difference between Reason and Motivation

What is the difference between Reason and Motivation?

Reason as a noun is a cause: while Motivation as a noun is willingness of action esp. in behavior

Reason

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue. To converse; to compare opinions. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. To support with reasons, as a request. To persuade by reasoning or argument. To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; — with down. To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument; — usually with out.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cause: # That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. #: The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted. #* 1996, Daniel Clement Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, page 198, #*: There is a reason why so many should be symmetrical: The selective advantage in a symmetrical complex is enjoyed by all the subunits # A motive for an action or a determination. #: The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money. #* 1806, [Anonymous], Select Notes to Book XXI, in, Alexander Pope, translator, The Odyssey of Homer, volume 6, London, F.J. du Roveray, page 37, #*: This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions. #* 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, chapter 10, #*: Ralph Touchett, for reasons best known to himself, had seen fit to say that Gilbert Osmond was not a good fellow. # An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. #* 1966, Graham Greene, The Comedians, Penguin Classics edition, ISBN 0140184945, page 14, #*: I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself. # proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion The cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, reasoning, and intuition; the ability to think. Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. due exercise of the reasoning faculty ratio; proportion.

Motivation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Willingness of action esp. in behaviorThe action of motivating.Something which motivates.An incentive or reason for doing something.a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

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