inspiration vs motive

inspiration

noun
  • The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

  • A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative. 

  • A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

  • The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration. 

  • A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. 

  • A breath, a single inhalation. 

motive

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • A motif. 

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

adj
  • Relating to motion and/or to its cause 

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

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

How often have the words inspiration and motive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )