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Dictated vs Directed - What's the difference?

dictated | directed |

As verbs the difference between dictated and directed

is that dictated is past tense of dictate while directed is past tense of direct.

As an adjective directed is

in a manner emphasizing one's point of view.

dictated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dictate)

    • dictate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An order or command.
    • I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

    Verb

    (dictat)
  • To order, command, control.
  • * 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 409,
    • Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
  • To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
    • She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
    The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

    Derived terms

    * dictation * dictator

    directed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
  • (graph theory) Having the properties of a directed graph.

    • Antonyms

    * undirected

    Derived terms

    * directed graph

    Verb

    (head)
  • (direct)

    • Anagrams

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