Job and Purpose

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Job noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: a coffeemaker's job is to make coffee, and this overpriced machine doesn't do it very well

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Purpose is a synonym for job in operation topic. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Job", when it comes to topics like task, do.

Nearby Word: jobless

Purpose noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: still trying to discover her purpose in life

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Job is a synonym for purpose in operation topic. Sometimes you can use "Job" instead a noun "Purpose", if it concerns topics such as task, do.

good	good job	good purpose
better	better job	better purpose
similar	similar job	similar purpose
normal	normal job	normal purpose
Other adjectives: specific, original, single, simple, actual, entire, real, main, important, new, sole, final, mundane, official, primary, different, said.

In spite of the name, this doesn't need to be the result of a botched do-it-yourself job; the device could be wired that way on purpose, for example.

Source: D.I.Y. Disaster
Terraform: The purpose of the Hadley's Hope colony, using massive fusion-powered atmospheric converters to do the job.

Source: Film / Aliens
Aragorn and the other commanders know full well that they have a very slim chance of actually defeating Sauron's army, and that their actual purpose is to distract Sauron so Frodo can do his job.

Source: Final Battle

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