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flat-footed vs direct

direct vs flat-footed

flat-footed and direct both are adjectives.

flat-footed is not a verb while direct is a verb.

flat-footed is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flat-footed No Yes No No
direct No Yes Yes Yes
flat-footed (adjective) direct (adjective)
forthright and explicit direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe (of a current) flowing in one direction only
having broad flat feet that usually turn outward straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
unprepared and unable to react quickly 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
flat-footed (verb) direct (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
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
flat-footed (adverb) direct (adverb)
without deviation
Difference between flat-footed and direct

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