Cast vs. Project — What's the Difference?

Throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction

A project (or program) is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned (usually by a project team, but sometimes by a project manager or by a project planner) to achieve a particular aim.An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations".A project may be a temporary (rather than permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.A project may form a part of wider programme management or function as an ad hoc system.Note that open-source software "projects" or artists' musical "projects" (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations.

Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface

An undertaking requiring concerted effort

Discard

An extensive task undertaken by a student or group of students to apply, illustrate, or supplement classroom lessons.

Shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten

A plan or proposal for accomplishing something.

Register (a vote)

Also projects A housing project.

Cause (a magic spell) to take effect

To thrust outward or forward

Calculate and record details of (a horoscope)

To throw forward; hurl

(in country dancing) change one's position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing

To send out into space; cast

(of a dog) search in different directions for a lost scent

To cause (an image) to appear on a surface by the controlled direction of light

Immobilize (an animal, especially a cow) by using a rope to cause it to fall on its side.

(Mathematics) To produce (a projection).

Assign a part in a play or film to (an actor)

To direct (one's voice) so as to be heard clearly at a distance.

An object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould

(Psychology) To attribute (one's own emotion or motive, for example) to someone else unconsciously in order to avoid anxiety or guilt.

An act of throwing something forcefully

To convey an impression of to an audience or to others

The form or appearance of something, especially someone's features or complexion

To form a plan or intention for

A slight squint

To calculate, estimate, or predict (something in the future), based on present data or trends

Short for worm cast

To extend forward or out; jut out

A wide search made by a hound or pack of hounds to find a trail.

To direct one's voice so as to be heard clearly at a distance.

A pair or group of hawks or falcons

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

The actors taking part in a play, film, or other production

An urban low-income housing building.

To throw (something, especially something light)

(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

To throw with force; hurl

A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough

To throw or propel a lure or bait at the end of (a fishing line) into the water so as to catch fish or other aquatic life.

(obsolete) A projectile.

To throw (a net), as in fishing; cause to spread out.

(obsolete) A projection.

To throw on the ground, as in wrestling.

(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.

To let fall; drop

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

To roll or throw (dice, for example).

(transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

To draw (lots).

(transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.

To shed; molt

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

To deposit or indicate (a ballot or vote).

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

To turn or direct

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

To cause to fall onto or over something or in a certain direction

(geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.

To assert in relation to someone or something or cause to be associated

(neuroanatomy) (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location

To give birth to prematurely

To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard from a large distance away.

To cause (hunting hounds) to scatter and circle in search of a lost scent.

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

To choose actors for (a play, for example).

That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

To assign a certain role to (an actor)

An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

To assign an actor to (a part)

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

To form (liquid metal, for example) into a particular shape by pouring into a mold.

To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.

To make (an object) by casting liquid metal.

To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; - sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

To arrange or devise

To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

To calculate or compute; add up (a column of figures).

To form a project; to scheme.

To calculate astrologically

Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;

To warp; twist

A planned undertaking

(Nautical) To turn (a ship); change to the opposite tack.

Communicate vividly;

To throw something, especially to throw out a lure or bait at the end of a fishing line.

Extend out or project in space;

To add a column of figures; make calculations.

Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

To receive form or shape in a mold

Project on a screen;

To become warped.

Cause to be heard;

To search for a lost scent in hunting with hounds.

Draw a projection of

To veer to leeward from a former course; fall off.

Make or work out a plan for; devise;

To put about; tack.

Present for consideration

To choose actors for the parts in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

The act or an instance of casting or throwing.

Put or send forth;

The act or an instance of throwing a fishing line or net into the water.

Throw, send, or cast forward;

The line or net thrown.

Regard as objective

The distance covered by a throw.

A throw of dice.

The number on dice facing up when thrown.

A stroke of fortune or fate; a lot.

Something, such as molted skin, that is thrown off, out, or away.

A piece of excrement produced by an earthworm.

A direction or expression of the eyes.

A slight squint.

The addition of a column of figures; calculation.

A conjecture; a forecast.

The act of pouring molten material into a mold.

The amount of molten material poured into a mold at a single operation.

Something formed by this means or in a mold or matrix

A rigid dressing, usually made of gauze and plaster of Paris, used to immobilize an injured body part, as in a fracture or dislocation. Also called plaster cast.

The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement

Outward form or look; appearance

Sort; type

An inclination; tendency

The actors in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.

A slight trace of color; a tinge.

A distortion of shape.

The circling of hounds to pick up a scent in hunting.

A pair of hawks released by a falconer at one time.

(physical) To move, or be moved, away.

To throw.

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

To throw down or aside.

(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.

To remove, take off (clothes).

(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.

(obsolete) To vomit.

(archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

(archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.

To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

(dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.

(social) To predict, to decide, to plan.

(astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).

(obsolete) To plan, intend.

(transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).

(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.

(archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.

(archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).

To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.

(archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.

To stereotype or electrotype.

To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).

(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.

To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).

(computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.

(hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.

(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

(Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.

(media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.

An act of throwing.

(fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.

Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

The casting procedure.

An object made in a mould.

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

The mould used to make cast objects.

(hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.

A squint.

Visual appearance.

The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.

A group of crabs.

Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

To direct or turn, as the eyes.

To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

To throw down, as in wrestling.

To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

To throw out or emit; to exhale.

To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.

To impose; to bestow; to rest.

To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.

To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.

To contrive; to plan.

To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.

To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.

To stereotype or electrotype.

To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.

To calculate; to compute.

To receive form or shape in a mold.

To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

To vomit.

The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

The thing thrown.

The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.

A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.

The act of casting in a mold.

An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.

Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.

A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.

A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.

The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

A stoke, touch, or trick.

A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.

A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.

Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

Contrivance; plot, design.

The actors in a play

Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

The distinctive form in which a thing is made;

The visual appearance of something or someone;

Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

Object formed by a mold

The act of throwing dice

The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

A violent throw

Put or send forth;

Deposit;

Select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet;

Throw forcefully

Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors;

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;

Get rid of;

Choose at random;

Formulate in a particular style or language;

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

(of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold