intuition vs.intention

intuition
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	insight
Synonyms:	ESP, clairvoyance, discernment, divination, feeling*, foreknowledge, gut reaction, hunch, innate knowledge, inspiration, instinct, intuitiveness, nose*, penetration, perception, perceptivity, premonition, presentiment, second sight, sixth sense
Antonyms:	knowledge, reason

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Main Entry:	intention
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	goal
Synonyms:	aim, animus, design, designation, drift, end, hope, impulsion, motive, object, objective, plan, point, purpose, struggle
Notes:	intent  implies a sustained unbroken commitment or purpose, while intention  would imply an intermittent resolution or an initial aim or plan

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Concept:	Intention.
Category:	1. Conceptional Volition
Synonyms:	-nouns intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo; project; undertaking; predetermination; design, ambition., contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; lookout., final cause; raison detre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain; prey, quarry, game., decision, determination, resolve; fixed purpose, set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution; wish; arriere pensee; motive., [Study of final causes] teleology. -verbs intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in-petto; have an eye to., bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to., take upon oneself (undertake); take into one's head; meditate, contemplate, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose., project (plan); have a mind to (be willing); desire; pursue. -adjectives intended; intentional, advised, express, determinate; prepense; bound for; intending; minded; bent upon (earnest); at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological. -adverbs intentionally; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent; deliberately (with premeditation); with one's eyes open, in cold blood., for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of., in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo; to all intents and purposes. -phrases "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Horace].
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