bidding vs direction

bidding and direction both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of bidding include countermand, order, charge, commission, commandment, injunction, behest, open sesame.

bidding (noun)	direction (noun)
a request to be present	the act of managing something
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make	the act of setting and holding a course
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something	a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
	the concentration of attention or energy on something
	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
	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