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Whats the difference between words?
goal
purpose
objective
aim
target
object
Jul 29, 2011 9:26 PM
Answers · 7
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In one respect, they all mean the same thing. The best way to learn the best times to use them would be simply to use them and have a native English speaker correct you. The differences arise when some of them are used to describe physical objects or actions. For example, a "target" is something people shoot. A "goal" is the net or area into which people kick a ball or shoot a puck. To "aim" is to point something in the direction of a "target".
July 29, 2011
1
I suggest that you look them up on www.thefreedictionary.com
July 29, 2011
1
goal ,aim , purpose all refer to something that you hope to achieve ,they are very much synonyms.
'object' has a slightly different connotation, that it involves the element of planning to achieve something. You also hope to achieve it with a reference to putting a plan to get there.
'Objective' is very much the same like 'object' ,it is more business oriented though, regarding matters of business in the work domain.
'target' emphasizes more on the attempt to achieve something, there is something and one is trying to achieve it.
As you see, they are more or less the same in meaning with slight differences,that could be only differentiated in their contexts.
July 30, 2011
Altogether they mean: dictionary.
July 29, 2011
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