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ものとして・つもりで: the difference

Meaning

Assuming, Supposing,

Past papers

Not yet

Example

これ以上いじょう討議とうぎしても進展しんてんは見込みこめないものとして、これをもって会議かいぎはお開ひらきとします。

Considering no further progress can be made in the discussion, with this the meeting is closed.

Meaning

With the intention of doing, Instead of..., Act as if or pretend, Believing that..., Thinking that...

Past papers

Tested once in past papers

Example

ご馳走ちそうするつもりで行いったのに、おごってもらうことになった。

Despite going with the intention of treating everyone, they treated me.

How to tell them apart

「〜ものとして」: formal and official; assume it holds, then carry out the procedure.

「〜つもりで」: the speaker's own mental pretending, e.g. 「死んだつもりで頑張る」 (work as if my life were on the line).

「〜とみなして」: a firm legal or judgment-based ruling, 'regarded as'; lacks the flexible working assumption of 「ものとして」.

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