The difference between Purpose and Target

When used as nouns, purpose means an object to be reached, whereas target means a butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

When used as verbs, purpose means to have set as one's purpose, whereas target means to aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

check bellow for the other definitions of Purpose and Target

  1. Purpose as a noun:

    An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. "purpose".

  2. Purpose as a noun:

    A result that is desired; an intention.

  3. Purpose as a noun:

    The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.

  4. Purpose as a noun:

    The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  5. 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."

  6. Purpose as a noun (obsolete):

    Instance; example.

  1. Purpose as a verb (intransitive):

    To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.

  2. Purpose as a verb (transitive, passive):

    To design for some purpose.

  3. Purpose as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To discourse.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

  1. Target as a noun:

    A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

    Examples:

    "Take careful aim at the target."

  2. Target as a noun:

    A goal or objective.

    Examples:

    "They have a target to finish the project by November."

  3. Target as a noun:

    A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

  4. Target as a noun (obsolete):

    A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

  5. Target as a noun (heraldry):

    A bearing representing a buckler.

  6. Target as a noun (sports):

    The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

    Examples:

    "He made a good target."

  7. Target as a noun (surveying):

    The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

  8. Target as a noun (rail transport):

    A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

  9. Target as a noun (cricket):

    the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

  10. Target as a noun (linguistics):

    The tenor of a metaphor.

  11. Target as a noun (translation studies):

    The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

    Examples:

    "Do you charge by source or target?"

  12. Target as a noun:

    A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

  13. Target as a noun (UK, dated):

    A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

  14. Target as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A tassel or pendant.

  15. Target as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A shred; a tatter.

  1. Target as a verb (transitive):

    To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

  2. Target as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To aim for as an audience or demographic.

    Examples:

    "The advertising campaign targeted older women."

  3. Target as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To produce code suitable for.

    Examples:

    "This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors."

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