The difference between Project and Protrude

When used as verbs, project means to extend beyond a surface, whereas protrude means to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary.


Project is also noun with the meaning: a planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

check bellow for the other definitions of Project and Protrude

  1. Project as a noun:

    A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

  2. Project as a noun (usually plural, US):

    An urban low-income housing building.

    Examples:

    "Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished."

  3. Project as a noun (dated):

    An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

    Examples:

    "a man given to projects"

  4. Project as a noun (obsolete):

    A projectile.

  5. Project as a noun (obsolete):

    A projection.

  6. Project as a noun (obsolete):

    The place from which a thing projects.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  1. Project as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend beyond a surface.

  2. Project as a verb (transitive):

    To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

  3. Project as a verb (transitive):

    To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

  4. Project as a verb (transitive):

    To make plans for; to forecast.

    Examples:

    "The [[CEO]] is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007."

  5. Project as a verb (transitive, reflexive):

    To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

  6. Project as a verb (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis):

    To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.

  7. Project as a verb (cartography):

    To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

  1. Protrude as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.

  2. Protrude as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.

  3. Protrude as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To thrust forward; to drive or force along.