absorption vs direction

absorption and direction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
absorption	Yes	No	No	No
direction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, direction is a hyponym of absorption; that is, direction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than absorption:

Other hyponyms of absorption include centering, centring, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing, specialism, study.

absorption (noun)	direction (noun)
the mental state of being preoccupied by something	the act of managing something
complete attention; intense mental effort	the act of setting and holding a course
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid	a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion	the concentration of attention or energy on something
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another	a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	a message describing how something is to be done
	a line leading to a place or point
	the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves