Impetus and Purpose

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Impetus

Impetus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Purpose and impetus are semantically related in aim topic. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Impetus", when it comes to topics like objective.

Purpose

Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Impetus and purpose are semantically related in motive topic. Sometimes you can use "Impetus" instead a noun "Purpose", if it concerns topics such as reason, objective.

Nearby Words: purposeful, purposeless, purposive, purposed, purposely

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similar	similar impetus	similar purpose
original	original impetus	original purpose
initial	initial impetus	initial purpose
true	true impetus	true purpose
Other adjectives: single, obvious, actual, entire, main, new, major, driving, less, basic, different.

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