fountain vs motive

fountain

noun
  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

motive

noun
  • A motif. 

  • A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. 

  • An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. 

  • Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. 

verb
  • To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. 

adj
  • Relating to motion and/or to its cause 

  • Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move 

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