נועד vs מיועד

[devotedguy]

While both נועד and מיועד are similar in meaning, I believe they do have slightly different uses to connote "designed for" or "intended for / meant to". Can one elaborate when one is used vs. the other?

 

[Abaye]

See Morfix Dictionary | נועד באנגלית | פירוש נועד בעברית vs. Morfix Dictionary | מיועד באנגלית | פירוש מיועד בעברית

 

[amikama]

They greatly overlap in meaning and are near-synonyms. But it's hard to explain the differences between them, if they exist at all. For example, I don't know to tell the difference between
התיק מיועד לנשיאת חפצים
and
התיק נועד לנשיאת חפצים
or even say whether there is a difference or not.

 

[Abaye]

Root יעד (originally ועד) has a basic meaning of "to do something for a purpose" and another one "to meet". Accordingly are meanings of נועד and מיועד. Looking at the dictionary entries mentioned above, we see that:
> נועד is either "to be designed for, to be intended for; to be designated, to be destined" or "to meet, to get together".
> מיועד is "designate; appointed"

In modern Hebrew (assuming this is what the question is about), נועד is used first of all for the meaning of "to meet" but also for "to be designated for" and its alikes. מיועד is used for "to be designated for" and no for "to meet". So there's an overlap in these two meanings, and yet there's typical preference in usage.