The Difference between To & For

What does To mean?

He gave a book to his classmate.

Francis traveled to London from Paris.

In the first sentence, you can see that a book was given by somebody to his
classmate and in the second sentence, you can find that Francis moved from one
place to another. In both of the sentences, the preposition to is used in the sense
of movement. In other words, to indicates a movement of a person or a thing from
one place to another or from one person to another. In the first example, the usage
of to indicates the movement of the book from a person to his classmate. In the
second example, the usage of to indicates the movement of Francis from Paris to
London.

What does For mean?

The preposition for indicates the importance of a person or a thing for whom an
action has been done as in the following sentences.

I purchased a book for my father.

He did everything for his elder brother.

In both of the above mentioned sentences, you can understand the importance
attached to the two persons, ‘father’ and ‘elder brother’ in the two sentences
respectively.

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