Purpose and Worth

Purpose

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

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Worth and purpose are semantically related. in advantage topic. In some cases you can use "Worth" instead a noun "Purpose", when it comes to topics like use.

Nearby Words: purposeful, purposeless, purposive, purposed, purposely

Worth

Worth noun - The relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities.

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Purpose and worth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Worth".

Nearby Words: worthless, worthy, worthiness, wort

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How words are described

known	known purpose	known worth
good	good purpose	good worth
clear	clear purpose	clear worth
special	special purpose	special worth
Other adjectives: original, noble, true, actual, entire, real, little, new, heroic, political, apparent, less, official, greater, different, higher, comedic.

Both words in one sentence

Hawking, Mary's sole occupation in life was to keep house for her father and take care of her unwell mother, causing her to see her only worth and purpose was her usefulness to others.

Source: Caretaker Reversal
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
Abraham Lincoln was questioning his self-worth and purpose until they showed up and helped him write the Gettysburg Address; Albert Einstein was ready to give up his research in frustration until they showed up and triggered his Eureka Moment.

Source: Heroic BSOD / Western Animation

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