The difference between Conduct and Direct

When used as verbs, conduct means to lead, or guide, whereas direct means to manage, control, steer.

Conduct is also noun with the meaning: the act or method of controlling or directing.

Direct is also adverb with the meaning: directly.

Direct is also adjective with the meaning: proceeding without deviation or interruption.

check bellow for the other definitions of Conduct and Direct

Conduct as a noun:

The act or method of controlling or directing
Conduct as a noun:

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
Conduct as a noun:

The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Examples:

"Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished."
Conduct as a noun (of a literary work):

Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
Conduct as a noun (obsolete):

Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
Conduct as a noun:

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

Conduct as a verb (archaic, transitive):

To lead, or guide; to escort.
Conduct as a verb (transitive):

To lead; to direct; to manage

Examples:

"The commander conducted thousands of troops."

"to conduct the affairs of a kingdom"
Conduct as a verb (transitive):

(reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

Examples:

"He conducted himself well."
Conduct as a verb (transitive):

To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
Conduct as a verb (transitive, music):

To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
Conduct as a verb (intransitive):

To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
Conduct as a verb (transitive):

To carry out (something organized)

Direct as an adjective:

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
Direct as an adjective:

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Examples:

"the most direct route between two buildings"
Direct as an adjective:

Straightforward; sincere.
Direct as an adjective:

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
Direct as an adjective:

In the line of descent; not collateral.

Examples:

"a descendant in the direct line"
Direct as an adjective (astronomy):

In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
Direct as an adjective (political science):

Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

Examples:

"direct nomination; direct legislation"
Direct as an adjective (aviation, travel):

having a single flight number.

Direct as a verb:

To manage, control, steer.

Examples:

"to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army"
Direct as a verb:

To aim (something) at (something else).

Examples:

"They directed their fire towards the men on the wall."

"He directed his question to the room in general."
Direct as a verb:

To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

Examples:

"He directed me to the left-hand road."
Direct as a verb:

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

Examples:

"She directed them to leave immediately."
Direct as a verb (dated):

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

Examples:

"to direct a letter"