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What is the difference between deliberately and on purpose and intentionally ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between deliberately and on purpose and intentionally ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Meaning is all the same. I think the word "on purpose" is more common in everyday speech. Still, you can use them interchangeably.
Ex:
"Did you do it on purpose?" O
"Did you do it deliberately?" O
"Did you do it intentionally?" O
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Meaning is all the same. I think the word "on purpose" is more common in everyday speech. Still, you can use them interchangeably.
Ex:
"Did you do it on purpose?" O
"Did you do it deliberately?" O
"Did you do it intentionally?" O
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they mean the same thing! "on purpose" sounds a tiny bit formal to me -- you would use it in speech, but not in writing. "He did it on purpose" = "He did it deliberately" = "He did it intentionally". Deliberately can make something sound like an accusation , like "I don't think you forgot to tell me about the meeting, I think you deliberately didn't tell me about it."
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They all have the same meaning. “On purpose” is a little less formal. Deliberately can also sometimes imply taking a lot of care with an action.
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