Purpose and Tendency

Purpose

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

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

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Purpose and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Tendency".

known	known purpose	known tendency
good	good purpose	good tendency
particular	particular purpose	particular tendency
similar	similar purpose	similar tendency
Other adjectives: usual, common, real, evil, little, dark, new, general, apparent, less, greater, higher.

It's rather surprising there is not more evil to it, as there is a tendency towards the gods being executed sometimes unjustly for the purpose of getting the metal.

Source: Thunderbolt Iron
As Orual notes, his tendency to have them worked to death is incredibly inefficient for the purpose of actually mining silver.

Source: Literature / Till We Have Faces
His tendency to be beaten up by elderly guests, leading him to speculate that the producers are doing it on purpose.

Source: Series / Russell Howard's Good News

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