The difference between Purpose and Reason
When used as nouns, purpose means an object to be reached, whereas reason means that which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
When used as verbs, purpose means to have set as one's purpose, whereas reason means to deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
check bellow for the other definitions of Purpose and Reason
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Purpose as a noun:
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. "purpose".
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Purpose as a noun:
A result that is desired; an intention.
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Purpose as a noun:
The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
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Purpose as a noun:
The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Purpose as a noun:
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
Examples:
"The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy."
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Purpose as a noun (obsolete):
Instance; example.
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Purpose as a verb (intransitive):
To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
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Purpose as a verb (transitive, passive):
To design for some purpose.
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Purpose as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To discourse.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Reason as a noun (logic):
A cause: That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. A motive for an action or a determination. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. A premise placed after its conclusion.
Examples:
"The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted."
"The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money."
"If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't."
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Reason as a noun (uncountable):
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
Examples:
"Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."
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Reason as a noun (obsolete):
Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
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Reason as a noun (mathematics, obsolete):
Ratio; proportion.
Examples:
"rfquotek Barrow"
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To converse; to compare opinions.
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Reason as a verb (transitive):
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
Examples:
"I reasoned the matter with my friend."
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Reason as a verb (transitive, rare):
To support with reasons, as a request.
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Reason as a verb (transitive):
To persuade by reasoning or argument.
Examples:
"to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan"
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Reason as a verb (transitive, with ''[[down]]''):
To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
Examples:
"to reason down a passion"
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Reason as a verb (transitive, usually with ''[[out]]''):
To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
Examples:
"to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon"
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- aim vs purpose
- goal vs purpose
- object vs purpose
- purpose vs target
- aim vs purpose
- plan vs purpose
- intention vs purpose
- determination vs purpose
- intention vs purpose
- purpose vs resolution
- matter vs purpose
- purpose vs subject
- purpose vs topic
- purpose vs reason
- aim vs purpose
- intend vs purpose
- mean vs purpose
- plan vs purpose
- purpose vs set out
- intended vs purpose
- cause vs reason
- rationale vs reason
- motive vs reason
- excuse vs reason