direction vs magnetic north

magnetic north vs direction

direction and magnetic north both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
magnetic north	Yes	No	No	No

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

direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
magnetic north: the direction in which a compass needle points

Other hyponyms of direction include frontage, orientation, opposition, windward, leeward, seaward, compass point, point, compass north, north, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest.

direction (noun)	magnetic north (noun)
the act of managing something	the direction in which a compass needle points
the act of setting and holding a course
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

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