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charge vs direct

direct vs charge

charge is a noun but direct is not a noun.

charge is not an adjective while direct is an adjective.

charge and direct both are verbs.

charge is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
charge Yes No Yes No
direct No Yes Yes Yes
As verbs, direct is a hypernym of charge; that is, direct is a word with a broader meaning than charge:
  • charge: direct into a position for use
  • direct: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Other hypernyms of charge include aim, take, take aim, train.
charge (noun) direct (noun)
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
request for payment of a debt
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
the swift release of a store of affective force
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
a person committed to your care
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
the price charged for some article or service
charge (adjective) direct (adjective)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
being an immediate result or consequence
charge (verb) direct (verb)
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
saturate command with authority
attribute responsibility to give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
set or ask for a certain price put an address on (an envelope)
file a formal charge against point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against guide the actors in (plays and films)
make an accusatory claim lead, as in the performance of a composition
instruct or command with authority take somebody somewhere
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence cause to go somewhere
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
direct into a position for use govern or manage
fill or load to capacity
provide (a device) with something necessary
place a heraldic bearing on
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
move quickly and violently
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
enter a certain amount as a charge
demand payment
give over to another for care or safekeeping
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
charge (adverb) direct (adverb)
without deviation
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