Purpose and Sense

Purpose

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

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

Sense noun - An indefinite physical response to a stimulus.

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Purpose and sense are semantically related in point topic. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Sense".

good	good purpose	good sense
clear	clear purpose	clear sense
better	better purpose	better sense
similar	similar purpose	similar sense
Other adjectives: normal, usual, original, true, simple, logical, actual, real, little, dark, practical, new, meaningful, general, possible, less, greater, larger, basic, different, tactical.

death	purpose death	sense death
existence	purpose existence	sense existence

Each of them felt they had no choices left when he found them, because he'd made sure of that, subtly putting things in place so their enemies would destroy their home or their friends would reject them and then presenting himself as providing a new purpose and sense of belonging.

Source: Manipulative Bastard / Comic Books
Neither of them has any sense of self-worth and can only find purpose in other people.

Source: Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
These pieces of software all have a single purpose, so it makes sense that Legion would only have a single voice, as only one program would have that purpose.

Source: Voice of the Legion

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