Benefit and Motive

Benefit

Benefit noun - A thing that helps.

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Motive and benefit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Motive" instead a noun "Benefit".

Motive noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Benefit and motive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benefit" instead a noun "Motive".

good	good benefit	good motive
special	special benefit	special motive
particular	particular benefit	particular motive
similar	similar benefit	similar motive
Other adjectives: obvious, selfish, actual, real, little, potential, main, personal, ultimate, major, sole, political, possible, apparent, secondary, additional, primary, different, financial.

Characters as Device: Michael does nothing but murder people, for which he has no motive and from which he gets no benefit.

Source: Film / Halloween (1978)
Motive Decay: Xar goes from wanting to build a better future for the Patryns to wanting to lead the Patryns to conquer the universe because it's their birthright to wanting to conquer the universe for his own benefit.

Source: Literature / The Death Gate Cycle
While there will usually be given an explanation in-story, from a storytelling viewpoint there is a practical benefit in that treasure provides a convenient motive for a hero to fight a dragon, and will directly reward a dragonslayer with wealth.

Source: Money Spider

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