Direct vs. Move — What's the Difference?

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

To change in position from one point to another

Without intervening factors or intermediaries

To follow a specified course

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

To change posture or position; stir

Perpendicular to a surface; not oblique

To start off; depart

With no one or nothing in between

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

Control the operations of; manage or govern

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

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

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

Give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction

To progress in sequence; go forward

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

To progress toward a particular state or condition

To supervise or oversee (an activity or process)

To be disposed of by sale

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

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

To supervise the performance or production of

To exhibit great activity or energy

To give an order to; command

To initiate an action; act

To show or indicate the way for

To be active in a particular environment

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

To stir the emotions

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

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

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

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

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

To change the place or position of

To give commands or directions.

To cause to go from one place to another

To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

See direct examination.

To change the course of

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

To cause to progress or advance

Straightforward and candid; not devious or ambiguous

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate

To prompt to action; rouse

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

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

Being of unbroken descent; lineal

To cause to function

Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker

To cause to progress or advance

Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

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

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

(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.

To dispose of by sale

(Sports) Being a direct free kick.

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

Straight; directly.

The act or an instance of moving.

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

A particular manner of moving

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

A change of residence or location.

Straightforward; sincere.

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

In the line of descent; not collateral.

A participant's turn to make a play.

(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.

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

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

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

Having a single flight number.

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

Directly.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

To manage, control, steer.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

To aim (something) at (something else).

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

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

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

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

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

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

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

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

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

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

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

To apply to, as for aid.

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

To request an action from the court.

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.

To bow or salute upon meeting.

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 sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

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.

The act of moving; a movement.

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.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

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.

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

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

The event of changing one's residence.

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.

A change in strategy.

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

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

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.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

Command with authority;

A round, in which each player has a turn.

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

Guide the actors in (plays and films)

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

Be in charge of

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Take somebody somewhere;

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

Cause to go somewhere;

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

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

To apply to, as for aid.

Lead, as in the performance of a composition;

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

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

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

Put an address on (an envelope, for example)

The act of moving; a movement.

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

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

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

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

The act of deciding to do something;

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

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

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

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

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

The act of changing location from one place to another;

Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

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

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

As an immediate result or consequence;

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

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

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

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

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

Exact;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Without deviation;

Be in a state of action;

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Give an incentive for action;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Dispose of by selling;

Progress by being changed;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting