The difference between Direct and Throw
When used as verbs, direct means to manage, control, steer, whereas throw means to twist or turn.
Direct is also adverb with the meaning: directly.
Direct is also adjective with the meaning: proceeding without deviation or interruption.
Throw is also noun with the meaning: the flight of a thrown object.
check bellow for the other definitions of Direct and Throw
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Direct as an adjective:
Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
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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"
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Direct as an adjective:
Straightforward; sincere.
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Direct as an adjective:
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
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Direct as an adjective:
In the line of descent; not collateral.
Examples:
"a descendant in the direct line"
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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.
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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"
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Direct as an adjective (aviation, travel):
having a single flight number.
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Direct as an adverb:
Directly.
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Direct as a verb:
To manage, control, steer.
Examples:
"to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army"
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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."
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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."
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Direct as a verb:
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
Examples:
"She directed them to leave immediately."
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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"
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Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):
To twist or turn.
Examples:
"A thrown nail. "
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
Examples:
"'throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To eject or cause to fall off.
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
Examples:
"'throw the switch"
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Throw as a verb (ceramics):
To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
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Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):
Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
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Throw as a verb (transitive, computing):
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
Examples:
"If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception."
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Throw as a verb (sports):
To intentionally lose a game.
Examples:
"The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."
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Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):
To confuse or mislead.
Examples:
"The deliberate red herring threw me at first."
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Throw as a verb (figuratively):
To send desperately.
Examples:
"Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To imprison.
Examples:
"The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."
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Throw as a verb:
To organize an event, especially a party.
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Throw as a verb:
To roll (a die or dice).
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
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Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):
To discard.
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Throw as a verb (martial arts):
To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
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Throw as a verb (transitive, said of one's voice):
To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To project or send forth.
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Throw as a verb:
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
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Throw as a verb:
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tomlinson"
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Throw as a verb (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.):
To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
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Throw as a verb (transitive):
To install a bridge.
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Throw as a noun:
The flight of a thrown object
Examples:
"What a great throw by the quarterback!"
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Throw as a noun:
The act of throwing something.
Examples:
"With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."
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Throw as a noun:
One's ability to throw
Examples:
"He's got a girl's throw."
"He's always had a pretty decent throw."
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Throw as a noun:
A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
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Throw as a noun:
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
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Throw as a noun:
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Examples:
"Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."
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Throw as a noun:
Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Throw as a noun (veterinary):
The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
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Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):
To give birth to.
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Throw as a noun (obsolete):
A moment, time, occasion.
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Throw as a noun (obsolete):
A period of time; a while.
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Throw as a noun:
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