cardinal compass point vs N

cardinal compass point and N both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cardinal compass point	Yes	No	No	No
N	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, N is a hyponym of cardinal compass point; that is, N is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cardinal compass point:

Other hyponyms of cardinal compass point include due north, north, northward, due east, E, east, eastward, due south, S, south, southward, due west, W, west, westward.

cardinal compass point (noun)	N (noun)
one of the four main compass points	the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
	(of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
	a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
	the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
	a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues