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Directed vs Directive - What's the difference?

directed | directive |

As adjectives the difference between directed and directive

is that directed is in a manner emphasizing one's point of view while directive is that directs.

As a verb directed

is past tense of direct.

As a noun directive is

an instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.

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

    *

    directive

    English

    (wikipedia directive)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
  • An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
  • (European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the Member States. The directive binds the Member State to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
  • The directive case.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • that directs
  • serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
  • (grammar) relating to the directive case