Difference between Flat and Directly

What is the difference between Flat and Directly?

Flat as an adverb is so as to be flat. while Directly as an adverb is in a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

Flat

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: So as to be flat. Bluntly. Not exceeding. Completely.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An area of level ground. A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). A flat tyre/tire. An apartment. A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels. A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting. The flat part of something: # The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge. # The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers. A wide, shallow container.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having no variations in altitude. Deflated, especially because of a puncture. Lowered by one semitone. Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. Without variations in pitch. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. Uninteresting. Lacking acidity without being sweet. Absolute. Describing certain features, usually the breasts or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all. Unable to generate power; dead. without spin; spinless.

Example sentence: We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell's Angels in this flat. They were always around.

Directly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: in a direct manner; in a straight line or course.in a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.exactly; just.straightforwardly; honestly.immediatelysoon; next; when it becomes convenient

Example sentence: I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

We hope you now know whether to use Flat or Directly in your sentence.

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