Direct vs. Focused — What's the Difference?

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping

Directing a great deal of attention, interest, or activity towards a particular aim

Without intervening factors or intermediaries

The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.

(of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank

The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image

Perpendicular to a surface; not oblique

An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear

With no one or nothing in between

A point at which rays of light or other radiation converge or from which they appear to diverge, as after refraction or reflection in an optical system

Control the operations of; manage or govern

See focal length.

Aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person

A center of interest or activity

Give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction

Close or narrow attention; concentration

To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of

A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived

To supervise or oversee (an activity or process)

(Medicine) The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.

To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal, performance, or production of a work.

(Geology) The point of origin of an earthquake.

To supervise the performance or production of

(Mathematics) A fixed point whose relationship with a directrix determines a conic section.

To give an order to; command

To cause (light rays, for example) to converge on or toward a central point; concentrate.

To show or indicate the way for

To render (an object or image) in clear outline or sharp detail by adjustment of one's vision or an optical device; bring into focus.

To cause to move in a certain direction or toward a certain object; turn or point

To adjust (a lens, for example) to produce a clear image.

To concentrate or focus (one's sight or attention, for example) on a particular object or activity.

To direct toward a particular point or purpose

To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).

To converge on or toward a central point of focus; be focused.

To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.

To adjust one's vision or an optical device so as to render a clear, distinct image.

To give commands or directions.

To concentrate attention or energy

To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.

See direct examination.

Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.

Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving

Simple past tense and past participle of focus

Straightforward and candid; not devious or ambiguous

Being in focus or brought into focus; clearly delineated; - of an image. Opposite of unfocused.

Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate

Converging on a point; - of light rays; as, focused light rays can set something afire.

Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates

Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.

Being of unbroken descent; lineal

Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker

Being in focus or brought into focus

Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute

(of light rays) converging on a point;

(Mathematics) Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.

Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose

(Astronomy) Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's apparent annual movement with respect to the stars.

(Sports) Being a direct free kick.

Straight; directly.

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Straightforward; sincere.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

In the line of descent; not collateral.

(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.

(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

Having a single flight number.

Directly.

To manage, control, steer.

To aim (something) at (something else).

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

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.

Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.

To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

A character, thus [ ], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

Command with authority;

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Guide the actors in (plays and films)

Be in charge of

Take somebody somewhere;

Cause to go somewhere;

Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Lead, as in the performance of a composition;

Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Put an address on (an envelope, for example)

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;

Immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

Extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

Of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

As an immediate result or consequence;

In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

Effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

Exact;

Without deviation;