designate vs direct
direct vs designatedesignate and direct both are adjectives.
designate and direct both are verbs.
designate is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| designate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
As verbs,
direct is a hyponym of
designate; that is, direct is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
designate:
- designate: design or destine
- direct: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
| designate (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
|---|---|
| appointed but not yet installed in office | 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 |
| designate (verb) | direct (verb) |
|---|---|
| design or destine | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
| assign a name or title to | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
| decree or designate beforehand | command with authority |
| indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction |
| give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | put an address on (an envelope) |
| point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
| intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
| guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
| lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
| take somebody somewhere | |
| cause to go somewhere | |
| direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
| govern or manage |
| designate (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
|---|---|
| without deviation |
Words related to "designate"
- advance
- aim
- appoint
- assign
- break
- bump
- calculate
- call attention
- cast
- charge
- delegate
- demote
- denominate
- denote
- depute
- design
- designation
- designative
- destine
- devolve
- direct
- doom
- elevate
- fate
- finger
- incoming
- indicate
- inform
- intend
- kick downstairs
- kick upstairs
- label
- mandate
- mean
- number
- ordain
- place
- plan
- point
- point out
- post
- promote
- raise
- reassign
- reflect
- regiment
- relegate
- show
- signalise
- signalize
- slate
- specify
- task
- transfer
- upgrade
Words related to "direct"
- absolute
- act
- address
- administer
- aim
- airt
- alternating
- apprise
- apprize
- astronomy
- beacon
- blow
- bluff
- blunt
- brutal
- calculate
- candid
- care
- cast
- channel
- channelise
- channelize
- charge
- choreograph
- command
- conduct
- conn
- contrive
- control
- corner
- crab
- create
- deal
- designate
- destine
- direct
- directive
- directly
- directness
- director
- displace
- divert
- do
- dock
- door-to-door
- draw a bead on
- electricity
- engineer
- enjoin
- exact
- execute
- flat-footed
- flatfooted
- forthright
- frank
- free-spoken
- give
- guide
- hand
- handle
- have
- head
- helm
- hit
- hold
- home in
- honest
- honorable
- immediate
- indirect
- instruct
- instrument
- intend
- inverse
- label
- lead
- lead astray
- level
- lineal
- make
- man-to-man
- manage
- maneuver
- manoeuver
- manoeuvre
- mastermind
- math
- mathematics
- maths
- matrilineal
- matrilinear
- misaddress
- misdirect
- misguide
- mislead
- move
- music
- navigate
- no-nonsense
- nonstop
- operate
- orchestrate
- order
- organise
- organize
- outspoken
- overshoot
- park
- patrilineal
- patrilinear
- perform
- performing arts
- pilot
- place
- plain
- plainspoken
- plan
- point
- point the way
- point-blank
- pointed
- position
- primary
- project
- pull over
- range in
- re-address
- redirect
- refer
- related
- retrograde
- route
- run
- say
- send
- sheer
- show
- sight
- specify
- square
- stage direct
- stand out
- starboard
- steer
- stet
- straight
- straight-from-the-shoulder
- straightforward
- straightness
- swing
- take
- take aim
- talk down
- target
- tell
- through
- throw
- train
- tree
- turn
- undeviating
- unilateral
- unmediated
- unswerving
- unvarnished
- upfront
- uranology
- usher
- verbatim
- zero in
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