indirect vs direct

direct vs indirect

indirect and direct both are adjectives.

indirect is not a verb while direct is a verb.

indirect is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indirect	No	Yes	No	No
direct	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

indirect (adjective)	direct (adjective)
not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination	direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action	(of a current) flowing in one direction only
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines	straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
having intervening factors or persons or influences	similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
not as a direct effect or consequence	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

indirect (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

indirect (adverb)	direct (adverb)
	without deviation

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