Agenda vs. Intent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Agenda and Intent
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Agenda
A list of things to be discussed in a meeting.
Intent
Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
Agenda
A program of things to be done or considered
"King's broadening of the civil rights agenda to include issues of class, income, and employment" (James Carroll).
Intent
(Law) The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
Agenda
(Informal) A usually unstated underlying motive
"Everyone has an agenda, whether he or she is honest about it or not" (Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger).
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Intent
Firmly fixed; concentrated
An intent gaze.
Agenda
A datebook
Bought a leather-bound agenda.
Intent
Having the attention applied; engrossed
The students, intent upon their books, did not hear me enter the room.
Agenda
A plural of agendum.
Intent
Having the mind and will focused on a specific purpose
Was intent on leaving within the hour.
Are intent upon being recognized.
Agenda
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Intent
Something that is intended.
Agenda
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
Intent
(legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
Agenda
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
Intent
Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
A mind intent on self-improvement
Agenda
An ulterior motive.
Intent
Engrossed.
Agenda
(obsolete) A ritual.
Intent
Unwavering from a course of action.
Agenda
Plural of agendum
Intent
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; - said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
Agenda
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Intent
Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; - formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker.
Agenda
A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Intent
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
Be thy intents wicked or charitable.
The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural.
Agenda
A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda;
Intent
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
His intent was to provide a new translation
Good intentions are not enough
It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
He made no secret of his designs
Agenda
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Intent
The intended meaning of a communication
Agenda
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
Intent
Directed with intense concentration;
A fixed stare
An intent gaze
Intent
Wholly absorbed as in thought;
Deep in thought
That engrossed look or rapt delight
The book had her totally engrossed
Enwrapped in dreams
So intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred
Rapt with wonder
Wrapped in thought
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