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direct vs project

project vs direct

direct is not a noun while project is a noun.

direct is an adjective but project is not an adjective.

direct and project both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but project is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
direct No Yes Yes Yes
project Yes No Yes No
As verbs, project is a hyponym of direct; that is, project is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direct:
  • direct: cause to go somewhere
  • project: put or send forth
Other hyponyms of direct include cast, contrive, throw, turn, turn, divert, route, refer, airt, redirect, blow.
direct (noun) project (noun)
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
a planned undertaking
direct (adjective) project (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) project (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking) present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public regard as objective
command with authority communicate vividly
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction throw, send, or cast forward
put an address on (an envelope) transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal make or work out a plan for; devise
guide the actors in (plays and films) put or send forth
lead, as in the performance of a composition draw a projection of
take somebody somewhere cause to be heard
cause to go somewhere project on a screen
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling extend out or project in space
govern or manage
direct (adverb) project (adverb)
without deviation
Difference between direct and project

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