Coach vs Direct - What's the difference?
coach | direct | Synonyms |
A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
(rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
A trainer or instructor.
(British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
(nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
* Samuel Pepys
That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
(sports) To train.
To instruct; to train.
To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it ).
* E. Waterhouse
To convey in a coach.
Straight, constant, without interruption.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
Straightforward; sincere.
* Shakespeare
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
* John Locke
* Hallam
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.
Directly.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
To manage, control, steer.
To aim (something) at (something else).
To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
* Lubbock
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
* Shakespeare
(dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
Coach is a synonym of direct.
As verbs the difference between coach and direct
is that coach is (sports) to train while direct is to manage, control, steer.As a noun coach
is a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.As an adjective direct is
straight, constant, without interruption.As an adverb direct is
directly.coach
English
Noun
(es)- The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach .
- John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.
Synonyms
* (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) carriage * (railroad car drawn by a locomotive) carriageDerived terms
* coachable * coach and horses * coachbuilder * coach dog * coacher * coach horse * coach lamp * coachman * coachmaster * coach roof * coachwork * head coach * life coach * roach coach * slip coach * stagecoachVerb
(es)- She has coached many opera stars.
- Coaching it to all quarters.
- (Alexander Pope)
Derived terms
* coachabilitydirect
English
Adjective
(er)- the most direct route between two buildings
- Be even and direct with me.
- He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
- a direct and avowed interference with elections
- a descendant in the direct line
Antonyms
* indirectDerived terms
* direct action * direct current * direct flight * direct initiative * direct object * direct quoteAdverb
(en adverb)- Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct .
Verb
(en verb)- to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
- They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
- He directed his question to the room in general.
- He directed me to the left-hand road.
- the next points to which I will direct your attention
- She directed them to leave immediately.
- I'll first direct my men what they shall do.
- to direct a letter