Aim
Aim noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: the main aim of a trip to the city is to shop for school clothes, but we always go to the artisans' market, too
Project is a synonym for aim in intend topic. In some cases you can use "Project" instead the word "Aim" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like plan, planned.
Project
Project noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.
Usage example: an ambitious project to develop the city's waterfront
Aim is a synonym for project in undertaking topic. Sometimes you can use "Aim" instead the word "Project" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as intend, plan, planned.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special aim | special project |
| particular | particular aim | particular project |
| similar | similar aim | similar project |
| original | original aim | original project |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, great, main, major, super. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The entire aim of the MAME project was to preserve such games and keep them from vanishing forever.
- Harris implies this was the true aim of the project, and now they really can send people to other worlds.
Source: Series / Ascension (Miniseries) -
On the bright side, Khruschev started a Union-wide housing project, with the aim of providing every family in USSR with an apartment free of charge.
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