Purposeful vs Devoted - What's the difference?
purposeful | devoted | Related terms |
Having purpose; intentional.
Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
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, year=2011
, date=November 10
, author=Jeremy Wilson
, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report
, work=Telegraph
Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
Zealous; characterized by devotion.
(obsolete) cursed; doomed.
(devote)
Purposeful is a related term of devoted.
As adjectives the difference between purposeful and devoted
is that purposeful is having purpose; intentional while devoted is vowed; dedicated; consecrated.As a verb devoted is
(devote).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. }}