Purpose
Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Sake
Sake noun - The purpose of achieving or obtaining.
Usage example: for the sake of argument
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- They may instead use their powers for the more broad purpose of education, or even just for the pure sake of adventure.
Source: Magical Guardian -
Conversely, Astro Chicken in Space Quest III serves a very important purpose (it gets the plot moving, for god's sake!), but there's no indication that it serves that purpose!
Source: Video Game / Space Quest - Terrell supposedly started the group for the purpose of getting out of Gail Kim's shadow, but somewhere down the line their purpose became tormenting the other knockouts for the sake of it.
Source: Alpha Bitch / Pro Wrestling
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