I thought about this question when I read an interesting comment by @Simon Fitch in his answer.

In the complementary amplifier stage, in total there are three "pulling" elements - Q2 is a "pull-down" transistor when Vin is negative, Q1 is a "pull-up" transistor when Vin is positive, and RL is constantly a "pull-middle" resistor :-)

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However, for some reason, this configuration is called "push-pull" stage. So there should also be a "pushing" element.

My question is, "What is it?"

I thought about this question when I read an interesting comment by @Simon Fitch in his answer.

In the complementary amplifier stage, in total there are three "pulling" elements - Q2 is a "pull-down" transistor when Vin is negative, Q1 is a "pull-up" transistor when Vin is positive, and the load RL is constantly a "pull-middle" resistor :-)

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

However, for some reason, this configuration is called "push-pull" stage. So there should also be a "pushing" element.

My question is, "What is it?"