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direct vs designate

designate vs direct

direct and designate both are adjectives.

direct and designate both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but designate is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
direct No Yes Yes Yes
designate No Yes Yes No
As verbs, designate is a hypernym of direct; that is, designate is a word with a broader meaning than direct:
  • direct: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
  • designate: design or destine
Other hypernyms of direct include destine, intend, specify.
direct (adjective) designate (adjective)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short appointed but not yet installed in office
(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) designate (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking) design or destine
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public assign a name or title to
command with authority decree or designate beforehand
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
put an address on (an envelope) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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
direct (adverb) designate (adverb)
without deviation
Difference between direct and designate

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