Intention vs Attitude - What's the difference?
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A course of action that a person intends to follow.
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*(Samuel Johnson) (1709-1784) (but see
*:Hell is paved with good intentions .
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
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The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
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(lb) Tension; straining, stretching.
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*:cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea.
(lb) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
*1732 , (John Arbuthnot),
*:In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts;.
(lb) Any mental apprehension of an object.
(lb) The process of the healing of a wound.
*2007 , Carie Ann Braun, ?Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health ,
*:When healing occurs by primary intention , the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.
(Webster 1913)
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
Disposition or state of mind.
(uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
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(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
* 2007 , Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach ,
To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
* 1823 , Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad , Volume 1,
* 1837 , William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 1,
* 1971 , , Advances in Astronautical Sciences , Volume 29, Part 2,
To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
* 2002 , Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter ,
* 2008 , Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel ,
* 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later ,
As nouns the difference between intention and attitude
is that intention is a course of action that a person intends to follow while attitude is the position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.As a verb attitude is
to assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.intention
English
(wikipedia intention)Alternative forms
* entention (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Apocryhpha)
George Goodchild
An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
p.49:
Derived terms
* intentional * the road to hell is paved with good intentions * well-intentionedattitude
English
Noun
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- Don't give me your attitude .
- You've got some attitude , girl !
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
page 134,
- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère , and the comic dancer.
Synonyms
* stance * (position of vehicle etc) trim, orientationDerived terms
() * attitude-y * attitudinal * dickitude * tudeVerb
(attitud)page 122,
page 123,
- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in
page 395,
- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
page 33,
- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
page 12,
- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
page 82,
- I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.