Worthwhile vs Purposeful - What's the difference?
worthwhile | purposeful |
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
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 worthwhile and purposeful
is that worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on while purposeful is having purpose; intentional.worthwhile
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Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .
purposeful
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(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. }}