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exact vs direct

direct vs exact

exact and direct both are adjectives.

exact and direct both are verbs.

exact is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
exact No Yes Yes No
direct No Yes Yes Yes
As adjectives, exact and direct are synonyms defined as:
  • exact and direct: lacking compromising or mitigating elements
exact (adjective) direct (adjective)
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct (of a current) flowing in one direction only
lacking compromising or mitigating elements 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
exact (verb) direct (verb)
claim as due or just plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
command with authority
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
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
exact (adverb) direct (adverb)
without deviation
Difference between exact and direct

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