Propose vs Project - What's the Difference?

Project

Propose

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a planned undertaking
  • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Definition as Noun
Definition as Verb
  • communicate vividly
  • transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
  • project on a screen
  • cause to be heard
  • draw a projection of
  • put or send forth
  • regard as objective
  • make or work out a plan for; devise
  • present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
  • throw, send, or cast forward
  • extend out or project in space
  • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Definition as Verb
  • propose or intend
  • ask (someone) to marry you
  • put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
  • present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
  • make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Synonyms

Examples

  • "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • "He projected his feelings"
  • "The images are projected onto the screen"
  • "His voice projects well"
  • "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
  • "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
  • "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"
  • "project a missile"
  • "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
  • "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
  • "I aim to arrive at noon"
  • "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
  • "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
  • "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"
  • "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Verb

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