Purpose vs Model - What's the difference?
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An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
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, title= 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:
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, title= The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
(obsolete) Instance; example.
Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
* Macaulay
(passive ) Designed for some purpose.
(obsolete) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
A style, type, or design.
The structural design of a complex system.
A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
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, title= (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.
A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
(manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
* Shakespeare
Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
* (rfdate), Blackwood's Magazine , volume 289, page 525:
* 1898 , John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch , page 40:
* 1932 , Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger , page 35:
* 1934 , Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 , page 143:
* 1956 , Stephen Rynne, All Ireland , page 54:
* 1968 , American County Government , volume 33, page 19:
* 1999 , Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program , page 113:
* 2002 , Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States , page 308:
* 2010 , Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life , page 140:
To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
To make a miniature model of.
To create from a substance such as clay.
To make a or models.
To be a model of any kind.
Purpose is a related term of model.
As nouns the difference between purpose and model
is that purpose is an object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal while model is template.As a verb purpose
is have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.purpose
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
‘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.}}
- 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.
Sarah Glaz
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.}}
- (Spenser)
- The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
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 alsoDerived 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 purposeEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(purpos)- 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.
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* purposed * purposer * purposive * on purposeSynonyms
* (have set as one's purpose ): aim, intend, mean, plan, set out * (designed for some purpose ): intendedReferences
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*model
English
(wikipedia model)Alternative forms
* modellNoun
(en noun)- I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.
- You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
- Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* abstract model * animal model * arbitrage pricing model * business model * causal model * commercial model * computer model * conceptual model * data model * database model * Document Object Model * economy model * enterprise architecture model * entity-relationship model * fashion model * fetish model * fitness model * glamour model * information model * late model * mark to model * mathematical model * mental model * model aircraft * model checking * model organism * model solution * model theory * modelizer * modelly * multimodel * off-model * plamodel * production model * relational model * role model * runway model * scale model * scientific model * spokesmodel * supermodel * waterfall model * water-line model * view modelAdjective
(-)- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model' than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more ' model than the farmhouses).
- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
- It is as model as you can get.
- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
Synonyms
* (worthy of being a model) idealVerb
- She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.
- They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.
- He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
- The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
- The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.