Intent vs. Purpose
Intentnoun
A purpose; something that is intended.
Intentnoun
(legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
Intentadjective
Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
Intentadjective
Engrossed.
Intentadjective
Unwavering from a course of action.
Intentadjective
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; - said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
Intentadjective
Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; - formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
Intentnoun
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
Intentnoun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
Intentnoun
the intended meaning of a communication
Intentadjective
directed with intense concentration;
Intentadjective
wholly absorbed as in thought;
Purposenoun
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. "purpose".
Purposenoun
A result that is desired; an intention.
Purposenoun
The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
Purposenoun
The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
Purposenoun
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
Purposenoun
(obsolete) Instance; example.
Purposeverb
(intransitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
Purposeverb
To design for some purpose.
Purposeverb
To discourse.
Purposenoun
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
Purposenoun
Proposal to another; discourse.
Purposenoun
Instance; example.
Purposeverb
To set forth; to bring forward.
Purposeverb
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; - often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
Purposeverb
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Purposenoun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
Purposenoun
what something is used for;
Purposenoun
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
Purposeverb
propose or intend;
Purposeverb
reach a decision;
