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Teleological vs Purposeful - What's the difference?

teleological | purposeful |

As adjectives the difference between teleological and purposeful

is that teleological is of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose while purposeful is having purpose; intentional.

teleological

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
  • *1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
  • *:It will be seen that this doctrine is optimistic and teleological : the universe and everything in it is developing towards something continually better than what went before.

    • Derived terms

    *teleologically *teleological argument

    purposeful

    English

    (Purpose)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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 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. }}

    Synonyms

    * determined * nose to the grindstone * focused

    Derived terms

    * purposefully * purposefulness

    Related terms

    * purposive