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Indigent vs Purpose - What's the difference?

indigent | purpose |

As nouns the difference between indigent and purpose

is that indigent is a person in need, or in poverty while purpose is an object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.

As an adjective indigent

is poor; destitute; in need.

As a verb purpose is

have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.

indigent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Poor; destitute; in need.
  • * 1830 , Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia , Thomas Ritchie (1830), page 422:
    • Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly;
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the Greek Cause.
  • * 2011 , Carla Ulbrich, How Can You Not Laugh at a Time Like This?: Reclaim Your Health With Humor, Creativity, and Grit , Tell Me Press (2011), ISBN 9780981645346, page 65:
    • Because of this, when my second major health fiasco happened, I had no insurance, so I went to a teaching hospital where they took indigent patients.
  • * 2013 , Larry J. Siegel & John L. Worral, Essentials of Criminal Justice , Wadsworth (2013), ISBN 9781111835569, page 162:
    • In numerous Supreme Court decisions since Gideon v. Wainwright , the states have been required to provide counsel for indigent defendants at virtually all other stages of the criminal process, beginning with arrest and concluding with the defendant's release from the system.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person in need, or in poverty.
  • * 1975 , Robertson Davies, World of Wonders , Penguin Books (1976), ISBN 0140043896, page 161:
    • I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents'. But I was no ' indigent ; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known.
  • * 2009 , Mara Vorhees, Moscow , Lonely Planet (2009), ISBN 9781740598248, page 29:
    • The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.
  • * 2011 , Michael Parenti, Democracy for the Few , Wadsworth (2011), ISBN 9780495911265, page 78:
    • Then in 2005 a Republican-led Congress passed a bill requiring millions of low-income people to pay higher co-payments and premiums under Medicaid. The result was that many more indigents had to forgo care.

    Related terms

    * indigence

    References

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    purpose

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
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  • A result that is desired; an intention.
  • The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • 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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
    • , title= 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.}}
  • The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
    • (Spenser)
  • The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
    • The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
  • (obsolete) Instance; example.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
    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 also
    Derived 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 purpose

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (purpos)
  • Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
  • * Macaulay
    • 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.
  • (passive ) Designed for some purpose.
  • (obsolete) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
    • (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * purposed * purposer * purposive * on purpose
    Synonyms
    * (have set as one's purpose ): aim, intend, mean, plan, set out * (designed for some purpose ): intended

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