Purpose vs. Object: What's the Difference?
Purpose and Object Definitions
Purpose
The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or goal
Her purpose in coming here is to talk to you. The purpose of an airliner is to transport people.
Object
A specific, individual, material entity, especially one that is not living or not sentient.
Purpose
Determination; resolution
He was a man of purpose.
Object
A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action
A product that was so bad it became an object of derision.
Purpose
To intend or resolve
"the gap between what is said and what is purposed" (Ian Donaldson).
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Object
A limiting factor that must be considered
Since money is no object, let's eat at that fancy place.
Purpose
The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
What is the purpose of your visit?
My purpose in coming to Egypt was simply to take it en route to the desert.
It has been my purpose to illustrate rather than to explain.
The exceptionally small gate-leg table served the purpose of a tea table admirably.
The purpose of the device is to prevent the breechblock from opening accidentally should the gun be held barrel down.
The purpose of this letter is to set the record straight.
The purpose of this book is to study the interrelationship of government and religion.
The device can be used for both civilian and military purposes.
The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
Object
The purpose, aim, or goal of a specific action or effort
The object of the game.
Purpose
Function, role.
Object
A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives or is affected by the action of a verb within a sentence.
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Purpose
(Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.
Object
A noun or substantive governed by a preposition and typically following it.
Purpose
Resolution; determination.
Object
(Philosophy) Something intelligible to or perceptible by the mind.
Purpose
(obsolete) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
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Object
A discrete item than can be selected and maneuvered, such as an onscreen graphic.
Purpose
(transitive) To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
Object
In object-oriented programming, a structure that combines data and the procedures necessary to operate on that data.
Purpose
(intransitive) To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
Object
To present a dissenting or opposing argument; raise an objection
Objected to the testimony of the witness.
Purpose
To discourse.
Object
To be averse to or express disapproval of something
Objects to modern materialism.
Purpose
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
He will his firste purpos modify.
As my eternal purpose hath decreed.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertookUnless the deed go with it.
Object
To put forward in or as a reason for opposition; offer as criticism
They objected that discipline was lacking.
Purpose
Proposal to another; discourse.
Object
A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
Purpose
Instance; example.
Object
; goal, end or purpose of something.
Purpose
To set forth; to bring forward.
Object
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
Purpose
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; - often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
Did nothing purpose against the state.
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.
Object
A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
Purpose
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Object
(object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
Purpose
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
His intent was to provide a new translation
Good intentions are not enough
It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
He made no secret of his designs
Object
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.
Purpose
What something is used for;
The function of an auger is to bore holes
Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Object
(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Purpose
The quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
His determination showed in his every movement
He is a man of purpose
Object
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years.
Purpose
Propose or intend;
I aim to arrive at noon
Object
To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
Purpose
Reach a decision;
He resolved never to drink again
Object
To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Object
To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Of less account some knight thereto object,Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.
Pallas to their eyesThe mist objected, and condensed the skies.
Object
To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
Others object the poverty of the nation.
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.
Object
To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; - usually followed by to; as, she objected to his vulgar language.
Object
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
Object
Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the "materia circa quam."
The object of their bitterest hatred.
Object
That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.
Object, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Object
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
He, advancing closeUp to the lake, past all the rest, aroseIn glorious object.
Object
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
Object
Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; - the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures.
Object
Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from attributes, processes, and relations.
Object
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
Object
A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow;
It was full of rackets, balls and other objects
Object
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable);
The sole object of her trip was to see her children
Object
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon;
The object of the verb
Object
The focus of cognitions or feelings;
Objects of thought
The object of my affection
Object
Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent;
She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with
When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license
Object
Be averse to or express disapproval of;
My wife objects to modern furniture
