Principle vs. Aim

Principlenoun

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

Principlenoun

A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.

Principlenoun

Moral rule or aspect.

Principlenoun

(physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.

Principlenoun

A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.

Principlenoun

(obsolete) A beginning.

Principlenoun

A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

Principlenoun

An original faculty or endowment.

Principleverb

(transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.

Principlenoun

Beginning; commencement.

Principlenoun

A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

Principlenoun

An original faculty or endowment.

Principlenoun

A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.

Principlenoun

A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.

Principlenoun

Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; - applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.

Principleverb

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.

Principlenoun

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct;

Principlenoun

a rule or standard especially of good behavior;

Principlenoun

a basic truth or law or assumption;

Principlenoun

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system;

Principlenoun

rule of personal conduct

Principlenoun

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);

Principlenoun

a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning

Principlenoun

a rule or belief governing one's behaviour

Principlenoun

morally correct behaviour and attitudes

Principlenoun

a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.

Principlenoun

a natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine

Principlenoun

a fundamental source or basis of something

Principlenoun

a fundamental quality determining the nature of something

Principlenoun

an active or characteristic constituent of a substance, obtained by simple analysis or separation

Principle

A principle is a proposition or value that is a guide for behavior or evaluation. In law, it is a rule that has to be or usually is to be followed.

Aimnoun

The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

Aimnoun

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

Aimnoun

Intention or goal

Aimnoun

The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target

Aimnoun

(obsolete) Conjecture; guess.

Aimverb

(intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it

Aimverb

(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

Aimverb

(transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

Aimverb

(transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group

Aimverb

To guess or conjecture.

Aimverb

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

Aimverb

To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; - followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.

Aimverb

To guess or conjecture.

Aimverb

To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).

Aimnoun

The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

Aimnoun

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

Aimnoun

Intention; purpose; design; scheme.

Aimnoun

Conjecture; guess.

Aimnoun

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

Aimnoun

the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable);

Aimnoun

the action of directing something at an object;

Aimnoun

the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

Aimverb

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Aimverb

propose or intend;

Aimverb

move into a desired direction of discourse;

Aimverb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Aimverb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Aimverb

direct (a remark) toward an intended goal;

Aimverb

have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

Aimverb

point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target

Aimverb

direct (a missile or blow) at someone or something

Aimverb

direct information, a product, or an action towards (a particular group)

Aimverb

have the intention of achieving

Aimnoun

a purpose or intention; a desired outcome

Aimnoun

the directing of a weapon or missile at a target