Interest and Purpose

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Purpose and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Interest".

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

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Interest and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Purpose".

special	special interest	special purpose
particular	particular interest	particular purpose
common	common interest	common purpose
specific	specific interest	specific purpose
Other adjectives: original, true, single, obvious, actual, real, little, main, new, major, sole, possible, apparent, explicit, official, greater, primary, different, renewed.

interest anyone

purpose anyone

She has no purpose on the show other than being Fenton's love interest/girlfriend.

Source: Satellite Love Interest
Aggra herself, whose entire purpose was to basically be forced on Thrall as his love interest in order to sink the popular Thrall/Jaina ship, more or less stealing the interest of Thrall from Jaina.

Source: Spotlight-Stealing Squad
Many female OCs are introduced with the main purpose of serving as a love interest to some of the Konoha 12 boys, such as Kiba, Lee, Sai and Shino.

Source: Webcomic / Naru Hina Chronicles

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