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project vs direct

direct vs project

project is a noun but direct is not a noun.

project is not an adjective while direct is an adjective.

project and direct both are verbs.

project is not an adverb while direct is an adverb.

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

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