Charge
Charge verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: charged the soldier to keep watch over the prisoner
Direct is a synonym for charge in order topic. In some cases you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Charge", when it comes to topics like demand, over, order something done.
Direct
Direct verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us
Charge is a synonym for direct in order topic. Sometimes you can use "Charge" instead a verb "Direct", if it concerns topics such as command, instruct, over, teach.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Took a Level in Badass: All of Recon platoon, including Lieutenant Ring who goes from a by the book strategist to leading a charge on an enemy stronghold in violation of a direct order and taking it.
Source: Film / Heartbreak Ridge - The scientist in charge herself became very fat in seconds after being force feed a direct dose of the formula she'd been putting into her cookies.
Source: Temporary Bulk Change -
While the Red Skull is technically the one in charge, in practice he and the other villains divided up America among themselves, with President Red Skull himself taking direct rule over the East Coast.
Source: Comic Book / Old Man Logan
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