Difference between exist and objective

Definitions

verb

1. support oneself
2. have an existence, be extant

Examples

This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.

Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.

I'd live the transient and ephemeral existence of a backpacker for a week, an existence of freedom and simple pleasures.

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Definitions

adjective

1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
3. emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation
4. belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

noun

1. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
2. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

Examples

An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining.

It would not be so bad if these tests were actually based on science or some objective measure but they are usually exercises in bureaucratic futility.

With no personal stake in the performance scene, Priyambada continues to be one of the most objective observers and commentators of the Odissi scene.

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