The figurative uses of these words are not far from the same meanings. Guide implies that the person guiding accompanies or precedes, while direct need not mean more than that he gives instructions, which may be from a distance. Guide, Direct, Sway manage, control, pilot, steer.To direct or regulate manage give direction to control.noun In music: The subject or dux of a fugue.noun Something intended to direct or keep to a course or motion a contrivance for regulating progressive motion or action: as, a sewing-machine guide.noun One of the non-commissioned officers or other enlisted men who take positions to mark the pivots, marches, formations, and alinements in modern discipline.noun Milit.: One resident in or otherwise familiar with the neighborhood where an army is encamped in time of war, employed or forced to give intelligence concerning the country, and especially about the roads by which an enemy may approach.noun One who or that which determines or directs another in his conduct or course of action a director a regulator.noun One who leads or directs another or others in a way or course a conductor specifically, one engaged in the business of guiding a person familiar with a region, town, public building, etc., who is employed to lead strangers, as travelers or tourists, to or through it.
intransitive verb To supervise the training or education of.intransitive verb To exert control or influence over direct.intransitive verb To direct the course of steer.intransitive verb To serve as a guide for conduct.noun A soldier stationed at the right or left of a column of marchers to control alignment, show direction, or mark the point of pivot.noun A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.noun Something that serves to direct or indicate.noun Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction.noun A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.noun One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.noun One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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