Purposeful vs Decided - What's the difference?
purposeful | decided | Synonyms |
Having purpose; intentional.
Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 10
, author=Jeremy Wilson
, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report
, work=Telegraph
As adjectives the difference between purposeful and decided
is that purposeful is having purpose; intentional while decided is determined; resolute.As a verb decided is
past tense of decide.purposeful
English
(Purpose)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. }}