differences between various --direct commands

For adding a custom iptables rule using firewall-cmd, I'm having a difficult time understanding the difference between these:

--direct --add-rule --direct --passthrough --direct --add-passthrough

The manual explanation sounds the same for all three. There must be a reason to have each one, they have to be different, can you help me know which I am to use?

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