Pragmatic vs Objective - What's the difference?
pragmatic | objective |
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
* The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic , but unattractive.
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philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
* Sir W. Hamilton
* M. Arnold
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.
As adjectives the difference between pragmatic and objective
is that pragmatic is practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory while objective is of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.As a noun objective is
a material object that physically exists.pragmatic
English
Alternative forms
* pragmatick (archaic) * pragmatique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Nor indeed are these restrictions pragmatic'' in nature: i.e. the ill-formedness of the ''heed''-sentences in (60) is entirely different in kind from the oddity of sentences like:
(61) !That man will eat any car which thinks he?s stupid
which is purely ''pragmatic (i.e. lies in the fact that (61) describes the kind of bizarre situation which just doesn?t happen in the world we are familiar with, where cars don?t think, and people don?t eat cars).
- Pragmatic history.
- Pragmatic poetry.
Synonyms
* (practical) down-to-earth, functional, practical, utilitarian, realisticAntonyms
* idealisticDerived terms
* pragma * pragmatically * pragmaticism * pragmaticsExternal links
* *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.