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Ride: verb (used with object) to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along. to sit or move along on (something); be carried or borne along on: The ship rode the waves. We ride a bus. to ride over, along, or through (a road, boundary, region, etc.); traverse. to control, dominate, or tyrannize over: a man ridden by fear; a country that is ridden by a power-mad dictator. to cause to ride. to carry (a person) on something as if on a horse: He rode the child about on his back. to execute by riding: to ride a race.
Drive: verb (used with object) to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation. to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule. to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station. to force to work or act: He drove the workers until they collapsed. to impel; constrain; urge; compel. to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through: He drove a hard bargain. to keep (machinery) going.
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