direct vs charge

direct is not a noun while charge is a noun.

direct is an adjective but charge is not an adjective.

direct and charge both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but charge is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direct	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
charge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, charge is a hyponym of direct; that is, charge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direct:

direct: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
charge: direct into a position for use

Other hyponyms of direct include aim, direct, place, point, target, draw a bead on, hold, turn, swing, level, point, level, sight.

direct (noun)	charge (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

direct (adjective)	charge (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

direct (verb)	charge (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)	energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public	cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
command with authority	saturate
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction	attribute responsibility to
put an address on (an envelope)	set or ask for a certain price
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards	file a formal charge against
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal	impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
guide the actors in (plays and films)	blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
lead, as in the performance of a composition	make an accusatory claim
take somebody somewhere	instruct or command with authority
cause to go somewhere	instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling	to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
govern or manage	direct into a position for use
	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

direct (adverb)	charge (adverb)
without deviation

direct vs charge

direct is not a noun while charge is a noun.

direct is an adjective but charge is not an adjective.

direct and charge both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but charge is not an adverb.

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