Choice vs Purpose - What's the difference?
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An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
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One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
Anything that can be chosen.
The best or most preferable part.
* Milton
Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
Especially good or preferred.
(slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
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The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
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The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
(obsolete) Instance; example.
Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
* Macaulay
(passive ) Designed for some purpose.
(obsolete) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
In obsolete terms the difference between choice and purpose
is that choice is a sufficient number to choose among while purpose is instance; example.As nouns the difference between choice and purpose
is that choice is an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something while purpose is an object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.As an adjective choice
is especially good or preferred.As a verb purpose is
have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.choice
English
(wikipedia choice)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
- The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
- The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
- I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice .
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (anything that can be chosen) assortment, range, selection * the cream * See alsoAdjective
(en-adj)- It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
- Choice ! I'm going to the movies.
Synonyms
* (especially good or preferred) prime, prize, quality, selectAnagrams
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
- United began with more purpose in the early phase of the second half and Liverpool were grateful for Glen Johnson's crucial block from Young's goalbound shot.
Sarah Glaz
Ode to Prime Numbers, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
- (Spenser)
- The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
Synonyms
* (target ): aim, goal, object, target * (intention ): aim, plan, intention * (determination ): determination, intention, resolution * (subject of discourse ): matter, subject, topic * (reason for doing something ): reason * See alsoDerived terms
(terms derived from purpose) * all-purpose * common purpose * cross-purpose * fit for purpose * for all intents and purposes * game with a purpose * general-purpose * infinitive of purpose * multi-purpose * metapurpose * purpose-built * purposeful * purposeless * purpose-like * purpose loan * purposely * purpose statement * on purposeEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(purpos)- I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
- (Spenser)