direction vs misdirection

direction and misdirection both are nouns.

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

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

direction: the act of managing something
misdirection: management that is careless or inefficient

Other hyponyms of direction include conducting, database management, finance, homemaking, misconduct, mismanagement, handling, treatment, oversight, superintendence, supervising, supervision, administration, disposal, authorisation, authorization, empowerment, disenfranchisement, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization, guidance, steering.

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

direction: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
misdirection: an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

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

direction: a message describing how something is to be done
misdirection: incorrect directions or instructions

Other hyponyms of direction include rule, prescript, rule, rubric, address, destination, name and address, markup, prescription, formula, recipe, rule, stage direction, style, system command.

direction (noun)	misdirection (noun)
the act of managing something	management that is careless or inefficient
the act of setting and holding a course	the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	incorrect directions or instructions
the concentration of attention or energy on something	an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
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

direction vs misdirection

direction and misdirection both are nouns.

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