| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| drif | ⇆ anger; ⇆ fervidity; ⇆ fervidness; ⇆ fieriness; ⇆ fire; ⇆ ford; ⇆ fury; ⇆ hastiness; ⇆ headiness; ⇆ heat; ⇆ impetuosity; ⇆ passion; ⇆ spunk; ⇆ vehemence |
| aandrif | ⇆ drift; ⇆ impetus; ⇆ impulse; ⇆ instigation; ⇆ instinct; ⇆ urge; ⇆ impulsion |
| drifbui | ⇆ wax |
| drifkop | ⇆ hothead; ⇆ hotspur; ⇆ spitfire; ⇆ Tatar |
| drifsel | ⇆ flotsam |
| driftig | ⇆ angry; ⇆ choleric; ⇆ fiery; ⇆ irascible; ⇆ hasty; ⇆ heady; ⇆ heated; ⇆ impatient; ⇆ hot; ⇆ hot‐headed; ⇆ hot‐spirited; ⇆ hotspurred; ⇆ hot‐tempered; ⇆ mettlesome; ⇆ in a passion; ⇆ passionate; ⇆ quick‐tempered; ⇆ snappish; ⇆ vehement; ⇆ warm |
| geesdrif | ⇆ ecstasy; ⇆ enthusiasm; ⇆ zeal; ⇆ verve; ⇆ warmth; ⇆ zealousness; ⇆ zest |
| geslagsdrif | ⇆ sexuality; ⇆ sexual passion; ⇆ sexual urge; ⇆ sex urge |
| natuurdrif | ⇆ instinct; ⇆ sexual desire |
| seedrif | ⇆ floatage; ⇆ flotsam |
| teeldrif | ⇆ generative instinct |