The difference between Conduct and Oversee

When used as verbs, conduct means to lead, or guide, whereas oversee means to survey, look at something in a wide angle.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Conduct and Oversee

  1. Conduct as a noun:

    The act or method of controlling or directing

  2. Conduct as a noun:

    Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

  3. 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."

  4. Conduct as a noun (of a literary work):

    Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

  5. Conduct as a noun (obsolete):

    Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

  6. Conduct as a noun:

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

  1. Conduct as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To lead, or guide; to escort.

  2. 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"

  3. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

    Examples:

    "He conducted himself well."

  4. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

  5. Conduct as a verb (transitive, music):

    To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

  6. Conduct as a verb (intransitive):

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

  7. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To carry out (something organized)

  1. Oversee as a verb (literally):

    To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

  2. Oversee as a verb (figuratively):

    To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

    Examples:

    "It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds."

  3. Oversee as a verb:

    To inspect, examine

    Examples:

    "Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers."

  4. Oversee as a verb (obsolete):

    To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.

  5. Oversee as a verb:

    To observe secretly or unintentionally.