Purpose and Point

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

Usage example: the purpose of the research is to discover how the virus is transmitted

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Point is a synonym for purpose in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Point" instead a noun "Purpose", when it comes to topics like motive, reason, objective, planned.

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

Usage example: what we're doing does have a point—doesn't it?

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Purpose is a synonym for point in objective topic. You can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Point", if it concerns topics such as goal, planned.

good	good purpose	good point
exact	exact purpose	exact point
particular	particular purpose	particular point
similar	similar purpose	similar point
Other adjectives: specific, original, true, valid, single, actual, entire, real, little, main, important, new, major, driving, final, primary, different.

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