Purpose vs. Role

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;

Rolenoun

A character or part played by a performer or actor.

Rolenoun

The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.

Rolenoun

The function or position of something.

Rolenoun

Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Rolenoun

(grammar): The function of a word in a phrase.

Rolenoun

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the rôle of philanthropist.

Rolenoun

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;

Rolenoun

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;

Rolenoun

what something is used for;

Rolenoun

normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting;

Role

A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviors, rights, obligations, beliefs, and norms as conceptualized by people in a social situation. It is an expected or free or continuously changing behavior and may have a given individual social status or social position.