Synonym Study

• Objective refers to a specific end that is capable of being reached her immediate objective is to pass the course
• Object is used of an end that is the direct result of a need or desire the object of the discussion was to arouse controversy
• End emphasizes the final result one hopes to achieve as distinct from the process of achieving it does a desirable end ever justify the use of immoral means?
• Goal suggests laborious effort in striving to attain something the presidency was the goal of his ambition
• Aim refers to a specific intention and connotes a directing of all efforts toward this his aim is to become a doctor
• Intent , a somewhat formal term common in legal usage, connotes more deliberation assault with intent to kill
• Intention is the general word implying a having something in mind as a plan or design, or referring to the plan had in mind
• Purpose connotes a defined or specific resolution or determination in the plan had in mind I have a purpose in writing you