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Intend vs Label - What's the difference?

intend | label |

As verbs the difference between intend and label

is that intend is to fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose while label is to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

As a noun label is

a small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

intend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
  • *
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  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘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.}}
  • To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
  • (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
  • To strain; make tense.
  • (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139:
    • Dotage, fatuity, or follyis for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
  • To apply with energy.
  • To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
  • To design mechanically or artistically; ; mold.
  • To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * mean, mint, foremind

    Related terms

    * intensive * intent

    Anagrams

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    label

    English

    Alternative forms

    * labell (non-standard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
    • We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
    The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
    Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
  • A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
    • Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
  • A company that sells records.
    • The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
  • (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
    • Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
  • (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
  • (obsolete) A tassel.
    • (Huloet)
    (Fuller)
  • A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
  • A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
    • (Knight)
  • (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
  • In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
    • (Fairholt)

    Synonyms

    * (small ticket) sign, tag, ticket * (name given to something or someone) category, pigeonhole * (heraldry) lambel

    Derived terms

    * designer label

    Verb

  • To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
    • The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
  • To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
    • He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.

    Synonyms

    * (put a ticket or sign on) tag, price * (give a label to in order to categorise) categorise, compartmentalise, pigeonhole

    References

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    Anagrams

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