Aim vs View - What's the difference?
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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, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
(obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
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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.
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; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
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, title= 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).
(obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
(label) Visual perception.
# The act of seeing or looking at something.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
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# The range of vision.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# Something to look at, such as scenery.
#* (1777-1844)
# (label) Appearance; show; aspect.
#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
(label) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
# A mental image.
#* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
# A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
# A point of view.
# An intention or prospect.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with; a user interface.
A wake. (rfex)
To look at.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings and kids happy .
- What you would work me to, I have some aim .
Synonyms
* (intention) aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency * See alsoVerb
(en verb)Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere.
- (Shakespeare)
Usage notes
* Sense 3. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* aim at *Etymology 2
Initialism
(Initialism) (head)External links
* *Anagrams
*view
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view .
- Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
- The walls of Pluto's palace are in view .
- 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view .
- [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
- I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
- to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
- No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason.
Antonyms
* (part of computer program) model, controllerDerived terms
* angle of view * bankruptcy view * bird's-eye view * by-view * clear view screen * counterview * exploded view * field of view * in full view * in view of * out of view * page view * pay-per-view * point of view * rear-view * viewable * view angle * view camera * viewfinder/view finder * viewgraph * viewless * viewpoint * viewy * worldview/world-view/world view * worm's-eye view/worm's eye viewVerb
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