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honest vs direct

direct vs honest

honest and direct both are adjectives.

honest is not a verb while direct is a verb.

honest is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
honest No Yes No No
direct No Yes Yes Yes
honest (adjective) direct (adjective)
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
gained or earned without cheating or stealing (of a current) flowing in one direction only
not forged straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
without dissimulation; frank similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
worthy of being depended on in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
without pretensions 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
honest (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
honest (adverb) direct (adverb)
without deviation
Difference between honest and direct

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