The difference between Project and Throw

When used as nouns, project means a planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages, whereas throw means the flight of a thrown object.

When used as verbs, project means to extend beyond a surface, whereas throw means to twist or turn.


check bellow for the other definitions of Project and Throw

  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. Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    To twist or turn.

    Examples:

    "A thrown nail. "

  2. 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"

  3. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  4. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Examples:

    "'throw the switch"

  5. Throw as a verb (ceramics):

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

  6. Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

  7. 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."

  8. Throw as a verb (sports):

    To intentionally lose a game.

    Examples:

    "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."

  9. Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To confuse or mislead.

    Examples:

    "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

  10. Throw as a verb (figuratively):

    To send desperately.

    Examples:

    "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

  11. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To imprison.

    Examples:

    "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

  12. Throw as a verb:

    To organize an event, especially a party.

  13. Throw as a verb:

    To roll (a die or dice).

  14. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

  15. Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To discard.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

  19. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To project or send forth.

  20. Throw as a verb:

    To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

  21. 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"

  22. 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).

  23. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To install a bridge.

  1. Throw as a noun:

    The flight of a thrown object

    Examples:

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. Throw as a noun:

    The act of throwing something.

    Examples:

    "With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."

  3. 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."

  4. Throw as a noun:

    A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

  5. Throw as a noun:

    A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

  6. Throw as a noun:

    A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

    Examples:

    "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

  1. Throw as a noun:

    Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Throw as a noun (veterinary):

    The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

  1. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):

    To give birth to.

  1. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A moment, time, occasion.

  2. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A period of time; a while.

  1. Throw as a noun: