Direct and Perform

Direct

Direct verb - Lead, as in the performance of a composition.

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Perform and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perform" instead a verb "Direct".

Perform verb - To have a certain purpose.

Usage example: the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood

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Direct and perform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Perform".

Similarly, Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity, where Eternity exists outside of time, and the people living there perform Reality Changes to direct the course of history in the normal world.

Source: Place Beyond Time
Swan, a man who wanted to make his career by imprisoning an apparently amnesiac man to perform illegal treatments on him (which include direct electro brain simulation).

Source: Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
The ability to win with rock is even more direct than in IV: pressing the button to perform a concert can end the game then and there.

Source: Video Game / Civilization

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