direction vs guidance

direction and guidance both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, direction and guidance are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of direction include steering.

As nouns, direction and guidance are synonyms defined as:

direction and guidance: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Other synonyms of direction include counsel, counseling, counselling.

direction (noun)	guidance (noun)
the act of managing something	the act of setting and holding a course
the act of setting and holding a course	the act of guiding or showing the way
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
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