Objective vs Essence - What's the difference?
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Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
Based on observed facts.
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(grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
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A material object that physically exists.
A goal that is striven for.
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(grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
(senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
* Landor
* Addison
* Courthorpe
(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Constituent substance.
* Milton
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
* Milton
* Washington Irving
A significant feature of something.
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
* essence of Jojoba
Fragrance, a perfume.
* Alexander Pope
As nouns the difference between objective and essence
is that objective is a material object that physically exists while essence is (inherent nature)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.As an adjective objective
is of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.objective
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(Objectivity)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.Antonyms
* subjectiveDerived terms
* nonobjective * objective correlative * objectivityNoun
(en noun)- Objectives' are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your ' objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
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* See alsoessence
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Noun
(en noun)- The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
- Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
- The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
- Uncompounded is their essence pure.
- As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
- He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
- Nor let the essences exhale.